I got my well built and it hasn't flooded yet, although... looking at it now, it feels like I overlooked something and it should be flooding. But I don't really understand how pressure works, so who knows. My fear is that it'll be okay until winter, then the river will freeze and thaw and that will cause it to flood. I guess we'll just have to wait and see! Or I could scrap the whole thing, plug it up, and start over. But I kinda want to see what happens. Maybe I'll set up a pressure plate that will close a floodgate and seal off the well area if activated by water. Meanwhile, I have a lever labeled "DO NOT PULL" that I can use to flood the fortress if I want to do that for some reason.
My population is 129 now and I'm getting nervous about sieges. There was another small goblin siege recently, but it wasn't a big deal. Then a giant showed up but he was a total pushover. I guess my military is doing okay, though I need to make more equipment for them. If a big siege comes, I can shut the drawbridge and I think we should be fairly safe, and now we won't have to come out to get water (fingers crossed). The only problem is the livestock that's out there, but after all the agitated animal attacks, I don't think there's a whole lot left anyway. And I guess not being able to cut down trees would also be a problem. It wouldn't be that big a deal except that you can't make beds out of anything else. I know there are trees in the caverns, but I haven't found those yet and I don't want to deal with the creatures down there.
In other news, one of my artifacts was stolen (by a resident, I think). I don't have a justice system, so... I guess there's not much I can do about that.