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~February 10,1929. White Wolf home, Cherry Creek District, Cheyenne River Indian Reservation

A shimmering play of the dimming gray light upon the falling snow catches Nilesâ#8364;#8482; attention. Tugging on the edges of his cap, he stands fascinated as indefinite shapes dance across the darkening horizon. Suddenly he rushes into the windowless split rail house. Expertly he skirts Emma as she fills two cups a finger width more than half full of coffee, pulls up the lid of the memory box at the base of the bed, immediately reaches for the red tobacco tin tucked into a box of the box. Tin in hand, Niles runs straigh