“I’m goin’ to send Ike and Cleve to Pinnacle with the wagon,” he told Lucy. “They’ll bring that young feller out here to stay awhile, the one that got shot. Can you take care of him?”
Lucy thought it over for a moment.
“I fix room,” she said simply, and turned back to her work.
Big Medicine walked past Sleepy and went into the living-room. Wanna went outside, carrying some chicken feed, and Sleepy stepped into the kitchen.
“I just wanted to ask yuh a question,” he told Lucy softly. “What does ‘kiwa teahwit’ mean?”
“Kiwa teahwit?” repeated Lucy thoughtfully. “I forget some word. Mm-m-m.” She looked up and smiled. “That mean crooked leg. Jus’ like bow leg, I think.”
Sleepy flushed slightly and his lips compressed a trifle.
“Does Wanna sabe that language?” he asked.
Lucy shook her head. “Wanna never hear. Long times I no hear.”
“Thank yuh,” nodded Sleepy, and went outside.