The Indians are respectful of the white women's humorous ways. Formerly mute, Sara now actually speaks with her fiancée in Cheyenne. Martha, or Falls Down Woman, wears high-heeled city shoes. Leaping over smoldering fires hoping to get her name changed, Martha falls into a fire pit, earning her two new names of "Falls Down in Fire Woman" and "Ash Faced Woman." May notes that Indian children are well-behaved, and Indian babies instinctively protect themselves with silence. The Indians' spoken language is a complex mixture of sounds, but some speak limited English with a bit of French. May realizes there is no vocabulary to describe her life, such as the mingled odors in the tent.
May notes she has now outdone herself in her.....
