Chapter 12 Summary

Wednesday, December 3, 3:48 p.m. At the Isaacs dig, Susanne waits in the truck while Leaphorn talks to Ted Isaacs. Isaacs becomes angry when Leaphorn tells him that Susanne is in danger and needs to stay with him. Isaacs denies that Susanne is in danger and suggests that the murders are some sort of tribal feud. Unlikely as this sounds to Leaphorn, he considers it. Homicide is virtually non-existent in Zuni society. In the distant past, when a murder occurred, the Zuni sent gifts to the victim's family and arranged to initiate the killer into a spiritual medicine society to cure him. Leaphorn considers checking on new Zuni initiates but doubts he can learn much from the secretive Zusi. Isaacs asks Leaphorn to post a guard at the commune. Leaphorn pointedly replies that Susanne is not his responsibility. Leaphorn warns Isaacs about the potential...