Chapter Fifteen Summary and Analysis

Pretty-Shield had an aunt captured by the Lacota, though she escaped. Instead, Pretty-Shield decided to tell Frank about another Crow-escapee from the Lacota. Pretty-Shield's grandmother knew her.

One day in the fall, a boy playing with other boys was chased into his mother's lodge, stumbling and falling face-first into the fire. He was scarred for life and he ran away at only eleven years of age. For years, no one saw the boy. One day the Lacota captured eighteen Crow women, one who had a young daughter with her. The woman and her daughter began planning escape once they reached the Lacota village. They then found an opportunity to run, taking a cache of pemmican with them and took it.

The woman and her daughter traveled for three days until they saw two parties of Lacota looking for them...