Part 1, Chapters 7-8 Summary

Three riders enter the camp with Nipikwan horses. Owl Child sits on a white horse with his many-shots-gun. Three Bears questions whether the Napikwan horses are stolen. The young men are not invited to stay, and Owl Child invites Fast Horse to come visit him. White Man's Dog's looks at the horses. They come at too high a price. He thinks about the raid and feels Fast Horse is responsible for Yellow Kidney's disappearance. When White Man's Dog tells Mik-api about the dream of the white-faced girl, the man performs a purifying ceremony. He could not see the dream of death clearly. Mik-api also notices White Man's Dog looking at Red Paint. White Man's Dog does not want to talk about her.

Fast Horse is an outsider among the Lone Eaters. The Beaver Medicine will not be his way...