Chapter 9 Summary

One of Billy Tuve's uncles arrives to take him home to Shungopovi on the Second Mesa. Chee gives Joanna his card, asks her to stay in touch, and gathers up Cowboy to get something to eat. At lunch, a good deal of good-natured cross-cultural teasing, Hopi versus Navajo, intertwines with police talk. They wonder to each other why Joanna's purse is so heavy. They agree that there is little chance of finding the old man in the canyon, but hope that Joanna might have better luck with a good guide. There is some talk about where Chee and Bernie will live after they're married. Cowboy teases Chee about living in the trailer. Chee says, and believes, he fully intends to live there, but says he's will look at other options with Bernie before he convinces her of that.

After lunch, Chee returns to...