Fools Crow

“The woman in the white doeskin dress” approaches Fools Crow and tells him that she is the person who left him “meat and drink” in the cabin after his journey (335). Fools Crow expresses confusion about finding himself in a world where it is always summer and where he never feels hunger. He follows the woman to a lodge, where he falls asleep. When he wakes up, the woman is gone, and he goes out in search of her. He finds her with her dog, singing a song to Morning Star. When she finishes singing, she begins to wail. Fools Crow approaches her and asks her who she is and whom she mourns. 

Rides-at-the-door sits in his lodge thinking that while he has succeeded with Fools Crow, he has failed with Running Fisher. He has learned about his younger son’s relationship with his third wife. Kills-close-to-the-lake enters and resigns herself to being shamed for her disgraceful conduct. Rides-at-the-door tells Kills-close-to-the-lake that she has dishonored his lodge. However, he says that he was wrong to take such a young wife and asks her forgiveness for neglecting her and allowing his other wives to mistreat her.