Chapter 12 Summary

Joe Leaphorn is sitting in his house listening to the coffee perk and trying to rationalize more eggs for breakfast than would be good for him. He slept in late after a long conversation with Louisa, who had called him on her cell from the canyon floor. She has been recording the oral histories of members of the Havasupai Tribe there for several days. Joe told Louisa that they couldn't determine when Billy got the diamond in the canyon because he hasn't been good with chronology since his accident. Louisa quips that she thought rodeo riders had to have brain damage before they got in the saddle. She suggests that Joe find out when Billy was initiated from the Bear Clan, because he had been on his quest at the time. Joe chides himself for missing such an obvious source of information, but...