Part II, Chapters 4–5: "The Man to Send Rain Clouds" by Leslie Marmon Silko

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  1. arroyo
    a stream or brook
    The big cottonwood tree stood apart from a small grove of winterbare cottonwoods which grew in the wide, sandy arroyo.
  2. tarp
    a sheet of waterproofed canvas
    They laid the bundle in the back of the pickup and covered it with a heavy tarp before they started back to the pueblo.
  3. pueblo
    a Native American village in the southwestern United States
    They laid the bundle in the back of the pickup and covered it with a heavy tarp before they started back to the pueblo.
  4. moccasin
    soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans
    Leon stared at the new moccasins that Teofilo had made for the ceremonial dances in the summer.
  5. mesa
    flat tableland with steep edges
    The sun was approaching the long mesa where it disappeared during the winter.
  6. cloister
    residence that is a place of religious seclusion
    The priest turned away from Leon and looked out the window at the patio full of shadows and the dining-room windows of the nuns' cloister across the patio.
  7. rite
    an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
    "Why didn't you tell me he was dead? I could have brought the Last Rites anyway."
  8. cassock
    a black garment reaching down to the ankles
    The priest stared down at his scuffed brown loafers and the worn hem of his cassock.
  9. leper
    one afflicted with a disease involving wasting of body parts
    He turned the colored pages full of lepers and pagans without looking at them.
  10. pagan
    a person following a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion
    He turned the colored pages full of lepers and pagans without looking at them.
  11. adobe
    sun-dried brick used in hot dry climates
    He followed Leon out the door and across the dim churchyard to the adobe steps in front of the church.
  12. perverse
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
    He looked at the red blanket, not sure that Teofilo was so small, wondering if it wasn't some perverse Indian trick—something they did in March to ensure a good harvest—wondering if maybe old Teofilo was actually at sheep camp corralling the sheep for the night.
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