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VENISON STEW
Setting the Scene:
“Visit for a day the Pikuni, a tribe of Blackfoot Indians living in 1870 Montana,
and you’ll want to remain a week. Stay the week singing their songs, experiencing their
kindness and joy, and you’ll want to dig-in for a month. Learn to kill a buffalo, tan hides,
make a beaded dress, or taste antelope roasted over an open fire, and you’ll want to stay
forever. But be warned, if you do, be willing to share the heartbreak of their lives and be
willing to have your own irrevocably changed.” So writes Meredith Campbell, author of
RIGHTEOUS WARRIORS, about Gail Jenner’s novel, ACROSS THE SWEET
GRASS HILLS (ISBN 88739-302-0 ). ACROSS THE SWEET GRASS HILLS tells of a
man, a woman, and a people trapped by events that threaten their survival. A love story, it
is also the tale of the Marias Massacre.
Excerpt from ACROSS THE SWEET GRASS HILLS:
“Please, can you help us? I mean, are you headed to a fort?”
The soldier mumbled an unintelligible reply. “In a manner of speakin’, I am,” he
added quickly, cocking his head. “But I sure could eat and drink somethin’. I feel like a
post hole ‘as ain’t been filled up.”
He grinned and Liza felt the rush of blood to her face.
“Lost my pack horse,” he added. “Of course, I—I have a small stew, antelope is
all.”
She refrained from telling him about Red Eagle, although she didn’t know why.
Snake stew would taste good right now,” interrupted the soldier.”
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Liza made a wry face. “Please, what about my father?” She stepped over to the
fire and lifted the kettle of meat prepared earlier for Red Eagle.
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Who dug the bullet out? You?”
Well, it had to come out...”
Ain’t yuh as gritty as aigs rolled in sand!”
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