Chapter Nine

As Sleepy Crow sailed north, he had trouble getting his bearings. All the land in this area was hills and valleys, and it all looked the same. Finally he saw two tall mountains that looked almost alike, and their tops were broken in a pattern that looked like crowns. "That must be The Two Kings" he thought. "That means my people should be to the west."
2 He circled the mountains looking for lift. As he caught good currents and began to rise, about a dozen puffs of smoke rose from the mountainside. Suddenly, the left hand glass in his canopy shattered. The bullet missed him, but the jagged pieces of glass struck his face and eye.
3 Fighting to keep the plane aloft, he removed the large pieces with his fingers, got a bandage from his kit, and managed to cover the wound. He had just about finished when he heard the repeat of a pistol shot, and looked off to his right.
4 Another glider was beside him, and the pilot was frantically signaling him to pull up. Looking ahead Sleepy Crow saw why. He jerked back on the stick. He heard scraping as he cleared the trees on a line of hills.
5 Both gliders rose, using the up-drafts, and the other pilot talked to him with sign. "How well can you see?" he asked.
6 "Good enough," answered Sleepy Crow, "but lead me in."
7 The other pilot waved, turned west, and they soared on. Finally, below them, the ledges came into sight. The other glider came around again. "You go in first," he signed. Sleepy Crow nodded, headed down for the ground. As he came in, blood was getting in his eyes.
8 He wandered off the ledges, plowed into the brush, and stood the glider on its nose. Men were

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