Chapter 43
“Teacher does not lie,” Cut said quietly. “He told us this day would come. He told us how it would happen. When he speaks, we must listen and learn.”
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Resplendent in red sash and suspenders, that night I sat on the blanket with the headmen at council to discuss the visit by the Long Knives and the new fort to the west. The entire tiospayecongregated in the clearing before Yellow Puma’s dwelling to hear the debate. Fortunately, most of the hotheads had not yet earned a man’s name or counted coup or earned a right to speak at council, else the attitude might have been worse than it was. At last Yellow Puma asked my opinion.