Chapter 11 Summary

Chee, Cowboy Dashee and Bernie make plans to pick up Billy Tuve the next morning and head down the canyon to find the old man with the diamonds. Cowboy is to go to the Second Mesa to pick up Billy, and then meet Chee and Bernie at Tuba City. The next morning, things quickly deteriorate. When Dashee arrives to pick up Billy, he finds that he left with a strange man earlier that morning. On his way down from Second Mesa, Dashee flags down the sheriff, who crosses his path. The sheriff tells Cowboy that Billy's bail has been rescinded, because of the testimony of the storeowner's widow and her employee, and that he is on the way to pick Billy up.

Chapter 11 Analysis

Chapter 11 is straight story without symbolism or literary nuance. It is a pivotal chapter, however, in that it draws...