Chapter 13 Summary

"Healing." The tribe chases in and out of a rain-cloud's shadow, but the joy of the day abruptly changed when a member of the tribe, Great Stone Hunter, fell off a cliff and broke his leg. Medicine Man and Female Healer work together to treat the injury. The author receives permission to watch. Medicine Man and Female Healer, at times accompanied by Great Stone Hunter, sing and chant as they begin the process of returning the leg to its original healthy state. At a high point in the chant, the broken leg slips back into place - apparently without actual physical manipulations from either of the healers. Female Healer applies a tar-like substance to the leg - a substance that seems to have been transformed from menstrual blood given to Female Healer by another member of the tribe.

Medicine Man and Female Healer...