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Arch
e
r
ros
e
a
nd
th
e
y
w
e
r
e
n
ea
rly
e
y
e—
to
-e
y
e.
“
W
h
e
n?
”
“
We
’ll
mee
t
h
e
r
e,
an
hour
b
e
for
e
d
a
wn
.
”

T
wo
d
a
ys
l
a
t
e
r
,
Sm
ith
brought
hi
m
b
e
for
e
th
e
H
uichol’s
holy
ma
n
to
pl
ea
d
his
c
a
s
e.

A
rch
e
r’s
mee
ting
w
ith
th
e
sh
ama
n
,
as
Sm
ith
c
a
ll
e
d
hi
m,
h
a
d
been
brief
but
e
ff
e
ctiv
e.
Fa
cing
th
e
sol
em
n
I
nd
i
a
n
,
h
e
h
a
d
t
a
k
e
n
off
his
lin
e
n
e
ntir
e
ly
a
nd
r
e
v
ea
l
e
d
wh
a
t
h
e
’d
b
e
co
me.
T
h
e
r
e
wa
s
no
f
ea
r
or
outright
shock
,
a
nd
Arch
e
r
soon
r
ea
li
ze
d
th
a
t
th
e
s
e
holy
me
n
of
th
e
Ame
ric
a
s
w
e
r
e
of
a
diff
e
r
e
nt
philosophy
th
a
n
m
ost
me
n
.
T
h
e
y
s
eeme
d
to
vi
ew
lif
e
not
as
so
me
thing
fill
e
d
w
ith
f
ea
r
,
but
as
fill
e
d
w
ith
m
yst
e
ry
a
nd
a
cc
e
pt
a
nc
e.
T
h
e
r
e
w
e
r
e
f
ew
qu
e
stions
—
ma
i
n
l
y
,
wh
a
t
did
Arch
e
r
e
xp
e
ct
to
find?
W
h
e
n
Arch
e
r
s
a
id
a
cur
e,
th
e
sh
ama
n
si
m
ply
nodd
e
d
a
nd
continu
e
d
to
g
aze
at
h
i
m
t
hough
tf
u
ll
y.

N
o
w
Arch
e
r
wa
s
a
wee
k
out
on
a
pilgri
ma
g
e
to
th
e

H
uichol’s
holy
l
a
nd
of
W
iricut
a.
F
ro
m
wh
a
t
Arch
e
r
could
get
out
of
Sm
ith
,
it
wou
l
d
be
th
e
r
e
th
a
t
th
e
y
wou
l
d
g
a
in
a
cc
e
ss
to
a
po
r
t
al
t
o
a
n
o
t
h
er
r
ea
l
i
t
y
.
T
h
e
r
e,
h
i
s
q
u
e
s
t
i
o
n
s
w
o
u
l
d
be
a
ns
we
r
e
d
.
Any
prop
e
r
E
nglish
ma
n
wou
l
d
b
e
li
e
v
e
th
e
who
l
e
e
x
e
rcis
e
to
be
both
folly
a
nd
ma
dn
e
ss
,
but
Arch
e
r
h
a
d
t
a
k
e
n
a
pe
r
s
o
n
al
peek
be
h
i
n
d
t
h
e
v
e
l
v
et
c
u
r
t
a
i
n
of
r
ea
l
i
t
y
.
H
e
k
n
ew
now
th
a
t
th
e
r
e
w
e
r
e
things
th
a
t
w
e
nt
f
a
r
b
e
yond
th
e
r
ea
l
m
of
tr
a
dition
a
l
hu
ma
n
und
e
rst
a
nding
.

Forbidden
t
o
ba
t
he,
eat
p
r
ope
r
mea
l
s,
or
have
a
p
r
ope
r
n
i
gh
t’
s
s
l
eep
wh
il
e
on
t
he
p
il
g
ri
mage,
h
i
s
tr
ave
li
ng
pa
rt
y
was
now
a
f
ou
l
-sme
lli
ng,
hazy-eyed
g
r
oup.
The
ho
t
,
b
ri
gh
t
sun
beat
down
on
t
he
ir
backs,
and
heads
hung
l
ow.
Even
so,
a
sense
of
peace
and
pu
r
pose
fill
ed
t
hese
tr
ave
l
e
r
s.
L
ik
e
a
ba
l
m,
it
smoo
t
hed
ou
t
ove
r
t
he
en
tir
e
g
r
oup.

As
for
Arch
e
r
,
aside
fro
m
his
s
me
lling
lik
e
a
We
st
E
nd
gutt
e
rsnip
e,
th
e
l
a
ck
of
sl
ee
p
or
food
h
a
rdly
a
ff
e
ct
e
d
hi
m.
H
is
body
wa
s
si
m
ply
too
strong
now
,
a
nd
a
ny
s
e
ns
e
of
p
ea
c
e
r
e
coil
e
d
wh
e
n
f
a
c
e
d
w
ith
his
d
e
sp
e
r
a
tion
.