ᎠᏂᎫᎾᏓᎴᎩ ᏃᎴ ᏧᏂᏍᏔᏩᏕᎩ, ᎤᎩᏓᏟᏅᏯ ᎨᎵ, ᏚᎾᎴᏫᏍᏔᏁᎸ ᏎᎬ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᏏᏛ ᏱᎪᎰᏍᎬᎾ ᎦᎷᏯᏍᏗ, ᏚᏄᎪᏔᏅ ᎢᎫᏩᎾᏛᏁᏗ ᏧᏂᏍᏆᏂᎪᏙᏗ ᎤᏅᏌ ᏓᏅᎭᏅ ᏃᎴ ᏧᎬᏩᏟ.
The Ridges and their followers stalled as long as they could, but before the axe fell they made a desperate and almost actuarial calculation to determine their best chances of personal and financial survival.