"I know, I found that out on my trip. I was treated different when they knew my name was Luta than if they thought it was Lou. I was a totally different person in their eyes with just a name change. Being half Cheyenne made me bad, dangerous. I need to find out if what I did was murder or self-defense."

For the first time they noticed Tommy with his rifle covering them on a knoll fifty yards away. At first glance they saw only the rifle not the fact that it was just a boy holding it.