Chapters Three and Four Summary and Analysis

The next day Frank asks about Pretty-Shield's parents. Pretty-Shield was thirty-two when her mother died and she missed her deeply. Her mother had wondered off after watering the horses, but one ran from her, afraid. Her mother ran after him but she fell. When she rose, a man had caught the horse and brought it back to her. Once she took the rope, she saw that there were two men, her sons, who were killed in the war. When she returned she told them what happened and took it as a sign of her impending death; she then laid down, fell asleep, and died.

Pretty Shield's father was kind to all save their enemies. He was small, not as tall as Pretty-Shield and belonged to a secret society. He also liked women besides her mother...