He followed the smoke and came to a tipi before which an old, huge and ugly woman was sitting. Next to her, propped up against her tipi, were five large bundles. She invited him to stay and gave him some meat to eat. When it was dark he wanted to lie down and sleep, but the old woman said, “I have a backache. I wish you would rub my back or, better still, walk on it. That will make me feel better.” Stone Boy walked up and down on the huge woman’s back and felt something sharp sticking out of her backbone like a spear. He told himself: “This is what she used to kill my uncles.” He jumped high into the air and came down hard on the old woman, breaking her neck.

Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions, p. 175-176