Medicine Bag Short Story Virginia Hawk Sneve

Barbara B. (United States of America)
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  1. prairie sage
    perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States
    “After the bag is yours, you must put a piece of prairie sage within and never open it again until you pass it on to your son.”
  2. cowboy boot
    a boot with a high arch and fancy stitching
    The scuffed old cowboy boots were tight and he moaned as I put pressure on his legs to jerk them off.
  3. bolo tie
    a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie
    As he shook my hand, his coat fell open to expose a bright-red satin shirt with a beaded bolo tie under the collar.
  4. grandpa
    the father of your father or mother
    The Medicine Bag

    Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve


    My kid sister Cheryl and I always bragged about our Sioux grandpa, Joe Iron Shell.
  5. Teton Sioux
    a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains
    You cannot understand how it was in that time, when the great Teton Sioux were first made to stay on the reservation.
  6. pant leg
    the leg of a pair of trousers
    Then I got mad when I saw how the yippy dogs were growling and nipping at the old man’s baggy pant legs and how wearily he poked them away with his cane.
  7. fall open
    open involuntarily
    As he shook my hand, his coat fell open to expose a bright-red satin shirt with a beaded bolo tie under the collar.
  8. lawn chair
    chair left outside for use on a lawn or in a garden
    “You look fine, Grandpa,” I said as the guys sat on the lawn chairs or on the patio floor.
  9. butte
    a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region
    “He carefully prepared for his quest with a purifying sweat bath and then he went alone to a high butte top to fast and pray.
  10. mom
    informal terms for a mother
    Mom was standing on the steps.
  11. scuff
    walk without lifting the feet
    The scuffed old cowboy boots were tight and he moaned as I put pressure on his legs to jerk them off.
  12. sewing room
    a room set aside for sewing
    Mom and I carried him into her sewing room, where we had a spare bed.
  13. heat exhaustion
    a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes
    “The doctor thinks Grandpa is suffering from heat exhaustion,” she explained as she bathed Grandpa’s face.
  14. suppertime
    the customary or habitual hour for the evening meal
    Mom had to chase them home at suppertime.
  15. mutt
    an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
    Now it sounded as if a whole pack of mutts were barking together in one place.
  16. beat-up
    damaged by blows or hard usage
    I reached for his beat-up old tin suitcase, which was tied shut with a rope.
  17. headband
    a band worn around or over the head
    But it had been brushed and the feather in the beaded headband was proudly erect, its tip a brighter white.
  18. reservation
    the act of setting aside for some future occasion
    Maybe we exaggerated and made Grandpa and the reservation sound glamorous, but when we’d return home to Iowa after our yearly summer visit to Grandpa, we always had some exciting tale to tell.
  19. medicine
    the profession devoted to alleviating diseases and injuries
    The Medicine Bag

    Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve


    My kid sister Cheryl and I always bragged about our Sioux grandpa, Joe Iron Shell.
  20. iron
    a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element
    The Medicine Bag

    Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve


    My kid sister Cheryl and I always bragged about our Sioux grandpa, Joe Iron Shell.
Created on Thu Sep 29 16:34:54 EDT 2011

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