The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

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Good Stab becomes a fugitive to the Blackfeet. He believes that the Cat Man framed him for Yellow Kidney’s death as revenge for his suffering on the Backbone. The Cat Man has also eradicated all of Good Stab’s buffalo herd, leaving Weasel Plume skinned but alive. Good Stab euthanizes Weasel Plume.

The Cat Man reveals himself among the dead buffalo. He now resembles a stag, having survived on them since their last encounter. The Cat Man has been alive for 450 years and was brought to North America from Europe. The Cat Man offers to teach Good Stab everything there is to know about the world. Seeing the emptiness in Good Stab’s eyes, he invites him to attack. Though Good Stab wounds the Cat Man, the Cat Man gets the upper hand by stabbing him with the horn from Weasel Plume’s skull. Good Stab tastes some of the Cat Man’s blood to provoke himself into feeding, but this only incapacitates him.

Good Stab wakes up in the same cage used to transport the Cat Man when he was discovered in the wagon.