Part 4, Chapters 27-28 Summary

Fast Horse and Owl Child arrive at the deserted war lodge. Owl Child stays with the horses, and Fast Horse finds a dead Pikunis man lying on the floor. When he takes a closer look, he notices the fingerless hands. It is Yellow Kidney. He studies the hands—the hands he caused to be this way long-ago. When the leaders of other Pikunis bands come for council, they reach an impasse regarding the Napikwan healer's warning. The Pukinis chiefs do not want to give in to the seizer chief's demands They act as if the problem will disappear if ignored. Fools Crow feels impotent. He stares at Bull Shield's scalp and thinks of the power he had. What good is it against sickness and these times?

Part 4, Chapters 27-28 Analysis

The finding of Yellow Kidney brings this thread...