Part 2, Chapters 11-12 Summary

It scares Red Paint that her husband will leave for war party in six days. He has been chosen to count coup on behalf of her father . She loves him and wonders if she is with child. Her mother catches her daydreaming. They talk of her father. He no longer touches her and chooses to live in self pity. Red Paint decides to tell her mother she thinks she is pregnant. Her mother hugs her and cries. Red Paint and White Man's Dog admit something could go wrong. It concerns him. The whole family depends on him. She begs him not to go, but he must . They decide to name their unborn son Sleep-bringer and will give the honor of naming him to Yellow Kidney. Fox Eyes prays for all the gathered Pikunis. He worries for the inexperienced. Their...