Fireblossom
“B. Hickok's grave in Deadwood's cemetery, inventively named Boot Hill. The graveyard was located in a natural clearing partway up the side of the gulch east of town. Fox went there while the sun was still rising on the other side of the white rocks that rimmed the canyon and he found Bill's grave easily among the others. It was still covered with flowers. On the face of a tree stump the facts were inexpertly carved: Hickok's name, age, and the circumstances and date of his death.
Fox had bathed... at dawn, then awakened Wang Chee's wife to pick up his clean, starched clothes at their laundry. It felt good to be scrubbed, shaved, and clad in a ticking-stripe shirt and faded blue pants that smelled of sunshine, soap, and the hot breath of Mrs. Chee's iron. Although he always felt a pang of longing when he thought of the Lakota, this was where he belonged. Even with its glaring flaws and inconsistencies, Deadwood was home, and he had returned with a new sense of his own worth. Maybe he was flawed, too, but he still had a purpose—and it felt good to know that again.MoreLess
Fox had bathed... at dawn, then awakened Wang Chee's wife to pick up his clean, starched clothes at their laundry. It felt good to be scrubbed, shaved, and clad in a ticking-stripe shirt and faded blue pants that smelled of sunshine, soap, and the hot breath of Mrs. Chee's iron. Although he always felt a pang of longing when he thought of the Lakota, this was where he belonged. Even with its glaring flaws and inconsistencies, Deadwood was home, and he had returned with a new sense of his own worth. Maybe he was flawed, too, but he still had a purpose—and it felt good to know that again.MoreLess
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