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The day was windy and cold, and the bull skin kept the chill air from me and my babe

The day was windy and cold, and the bull skin kept the chill air from me and my babe.jpg The beds of the rest of the family stood in the back of the lodge, against the wallMiniaturesThe first he put on my head; the second he handed to my sister, Cold MedicineThe beds of the rest of the family stood in the back of the lodge, against the wallMiniaturesThe first he put on my head; the second he handed to my sister, Cold MedicineThe beds of the rest of the family stood in the back of the lodge, against the wallMiniaturesThe first he put on my head; the second he handed to my sister, Cold MedicineThe beds of the rest of the family stood in the back of the lodge, against the wallMiniaturesThe first he put on my head; the second he handed to my sister, Cold MedicineThe beds of the rest of the family stood in the back of the lodge, against the wallMiniaturesThe first he put on my head; the second he handed to my sister, Cold MedicineThe beds of the rest of the family stood in the back of the lodge, against the wallMiniaturesThe first he put on my head; the second he handed to my sister, Cold Medicine

My husband had spread a heavy bull-skin robe over the travois basket and set me on it, with another skin folded under me for a cushion. Through holes in the edge of the bull skin Son-of-a-Star passed a lariat; and when I was seated, with my baby in my arms and my robe belted snugly about us, my husband drew the lariat, drawing the bull skin about my knees and ankles. The day was windy and cold, and the bull skin kept the chill air from me and my babe.