The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 17 Summary

Chapter 17 Summary

This chapter is through the eyes of Jimmy One-horse. Jimmy One-horse returns home to find his wife thoroughly upset with him. Jimmy One-horse's wife storms out and heads off to the Powwow Tavern go dancing, as she won't fight with him, she just storms out instead. Jimmy One-horse feeds the kids and then hitchhikes to the Powwow Tavern, because he doesn't want his wife to find another dance partner.

Jimmy One-horses' wife was mad at him because he had told her that he had cancer throughout his entire body. Jimmy One-horse made a game of it by describing it as the size of a baseball and being flippant about it and this angered his wife.

Jimmy One-horse finds his wife at the Powwow Tavern and apologizes for making jokes about his cancer. Jimmy One-horse goes on to tell about how he first met his wife at the Powwow Tavern in...
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