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was
m
arried
to
L
o
gan
t
h
e
n
,”
Reva
o
ff
e
r
e
d.
“I
was
just
a
few
feet
a
w
ay
f
r
om our
m
a
i
l
b
o
x,
wh
e
n
a
t
r
ee
just
a
few
f
eet
from
m
e
was
stru
c
k
,
a
n
d
I fell
to
the
g
r
o
u
n
d
.
Wh
e
n
I
aw
o
k
e,
I
was
in
m
y
bed,
an
d
I
c
ou
l
d
n
’t
use my left arm
f
o
r a lo
n
g t
i
m
e.”
Reva
sat f
o
r
a
m
o
m
ent,
stud
y
ing
J
u
lie.
She
li
k
e
d
h
e
r, and had already
rea
c
h
e
d
the
c
onc
l
u
sion
t
h
at
they
possibly
sh
a
r
e
d
skin
s
h
ip.
She was
c
u
r
i
o
u
s,
b
u
t w
a
nted to h
e
ar
J
u
lie’s
ac
co
unts
firs
t
.

 

 

59
H
a
nj
– an i
n
f
o
r
m
al
form
of
O
h
an
o
r
y
es
60
Ah-pay
Noompah

Two
Stri
k
e
s
61
Wah-keen
-
y
ah
n
-zheet-kah

The
Thunder
b
ird

It isn’t oft
e
n
t
h
at I
m
eet
anoth
e
r
per
so
n
w
ho has
be
e
n
touch
e
d
by t
h
e T
h
u
n
d
e
rb
i
r
d
s
.
What
h
app
e
n
e
d
to
y
o
u
?

R
e
va
qu
eried,
lean
i
n
g forward
wi
t
h
a
n
tici
p
ati
o
n.
"
W
ait
,
U
n
ci
,
I
h
a
v
e
s
o
m
e
t
h
i
n
g
fo
r
y
o
u.
"
J
u
li
e
sai
d
a
s
s
he
o
ffere
d
a s
m
a
ll bag
of
t
o
bacco to R
e
va.
Reva accepted the bag wi
t
h
a
s
m
all, but satisfied smile.
This one knows
h
o
w
to do
t
h
i
n
gs
ri
g
h
t
!
s
h
e
t
h
o
u
g
h
t
to
h
e
rself, w
h
ile
waiti
n
g
for J
u
lie's re
p
ly, settli
n
g
h
e
rself
m
o
re
c
o
m
f
o
rta
b
l
y in
h
e
r ca
m
p c
h
air.
W
i
t
h
a de
e
p
s
i
g
h
,
J
u
lie b
e
g
an
.
"
W
ell
,
U
n
ci
,
d
o
yo
u
w
a
n
t
t
h
e
lon
g
o
r
s
h
o
rt
v
ers
i
o
n
o
f
h
o
w
it
ha
p
p
e
n
e
d
?
"
J
u
li
e qu
e
r
i
e
d
.
"Lo
n
g!"
all
cr
i
ed
in
u
n
iso
n
,
t
h
eir
e
x
cite
m
e
n
t
at
hearing
a new story clearly
evid
e
n
t in the
i
r f
a
ces.
"O
k
ay...well,
it
h
ap
p
e
n
ed
in
late
J
u
ly
o
f
19
8
9,
t
h
e
sa
m
e
year
t
h
at
t
h
e
v
illa
g
e of Oglala was
h
it
with
t
h
at
torna
d
o. I
h
ad
b
een
b
ack
ho
m
e
to the
rez for
a week-long
powwow
at B
r
o
t
h
e
r
ho
o
d
,
a
n
d
t
o
v
i
s
i
t
m
y Tiyospiya about a
week b
e
fore
m
y s
t
rike,
a
n
d r
i
ght
a
f
ter
t
h
e
t
or
n
a
d
o."
Reva
i
n
te
rr
up
t
ed,
"Yes,
I
re
m
e
m
b
er
t
h
at
p
o
ww
o
w
!
M
y
dau
g
hter-
i
n-l
a
w
u
rg
ed
m
e
to
g
o
and
see
my
relati
v
es.
W
as
sure
a
good
one,
ennit!
T
h
em

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