The party, knowing they are close to their journey’s end, makes haste to the Blackfoot settlement and find it sprawling in the prairie near days end. It is massive and apparently also home to a few different Lakota tribes. The party decides to make contact with the Brule band of indians in the center of the settlement and after some tangling with the language barrier the party is shown that one of the pipes they carry allows them to speak freely with one another.

The party litters them with questions that have been raised along their journey and they find most of them answered. The party learns some of the different pipe’s magic. The party learns of the state of the Lakota nation and it’s peoples. The party learns that most bands of the Lakota wish to end the tyranny of Black Dog and his corrupting magic, brought on by Iktomi, the trickster.

After most of their questions are answered, the party directs the conversation to learning how to control their new powers. Chief Red Crow tells them they must go on a spirit journey to discover their own truths and they will begin their “Hanbleceya” in the morning. They then make camp nearby.