a wealthy white rancher. Tayo cuts through the ranch fence, but is discovered by the ranch's employees. The tracks of a huge cougar—heavily implied to be a form of Ts'eh—distract them, and Tayo escapes. Ts'eh and her brother help Tayo trap the cattle in an arroyo so he can drive them back to the pueblo. The next year, Tayo reunites with Ts'eh, and spends an idyllic time with her until Tayo's drinking buddies return for him. After a night of drinking, Tayo realizes he cannot complete the ceremony while drunk, and abandons the others after sabotaging their truck. Later that night, Emo tortures Harley near the site of the Trinity nuclear test, trying to lure Tayo out to settle their score. In contrast to their past confrontation, Tayo decides not to fight. A fight ensues among the other men that results in the deaths of Harley and Leroy. Tayo goes back home to the pueblo and tells the elders he has completed the ceremony by recovering the cattle, abstaining from violence, and meeting a spirit woman in the form of Ts'eh. Meanwhile, in the mythic parallel story, Hummingbird and Green Bottle Fly find Reed Woman in the Fourth World. In each storyline, the act of ceremonial reunion brings an end to the drought, and the Pueblo are saved. Emo is banned from the reservation after killing Pinkie, and Tayo lives a content life tending to his herd of cattle. Characters Tayo, World War II veteran of Laguna Pueblo and Anglo descent Betonie, mixed-blooded Navajo healer Ku'oosh, Laguna kiva priest Uncle Josiah, confidant to Tayo who died during World War II Ts'eh, a highly spiritual woman whom Tayo loves Rocky, Tayo's cousin; died during the Bataan Death March Harley, friend to Tayo and fellow World War II veteran Old Grandma, family matriarch and believer in customary pueblo religion Auntie, Rocky's mother who also raised Tayo; Catholic convert who rejects the Pueblo religion Laura, known primarily as "Little Sister"; Tayo's mother and sister to Auntie Uncle Robert, Auntie's husband Emo, Tayo's fellow veteran with a grudge against him Pinkie, veteran and follower of Emo The Night Swan, girlfriend of Uncle Josiah whom Tayo later sleeps with Ulibarri, cousin of the Night Swan from whom Josiah purchases the cattle Helen Jean, a native woman who spends time with Harley and Leroy Timelines Peter G. Beidler and Robert M. Nelson of University of Richmond