They say he is cursed. They say he has been abandoned by the spirits because of the blood on his hands, blood from his own wife and children, torn apart in a rage after consuming much fire water. They say the blood of his tribe is on his hands, massacred because he thought he could talk peace with the white man. They say the blood of his brothers is on his hands, stained when he grew careless with bow and warclub. They say his hands are not his own any more, that they have become the claws of the murderous Brother Owl. They shunned him, and only Pale Moon would have anything to do with him now.