The Diamond Line

The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Wakansica

By Mollie Nail   CHARACTERS:  PAYTAH, seeker   WI-SAPA, holy man   DEER  HELPERS   SETTING:  Black Hills, South Dakota   TIME:  June 1578     PAYTAH, a thirteen-year-old Oglala child arrives at the top of a hill. Five poles have been lodged in the...