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Author’s Note: This is a work of fiction, based on documented historical events including The Battle of the Little Bighorn, The Vision of Sitting Bull, and the deployment of the Fifth Regiment from Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1876 to the Montana Territory in the wake of Custer’s defeat. It is also a RÚN, or rune, an offering of reconciliation.
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CHAPTER 9
SHAMAN: 1863 - 1876, UNCEDED INDIAN TERRITORY, TONGUE RIVER
From the day Small Hawk and Chooksi met, they spent most of their time running together.
Their feet traveled every pathway across their territory in summer; and in winter, while Chooksi slept the deep sleep of hibernation with her mother, they traveled together in flying dreams.
They grew together as spirit walkers in this way, learning every tree and trail until every sense was filled with a knowledge of the waterways and the creatures and the stones across their territory.
