Ceremony 9

Tayo decides that he is needed at home and that the rains must come sooner or later. After three months it has still not rained and Tayo’s entire heard has died, as well as the crops. He is left deciding what to do and realizes that he must try to make it to a neighboring Indian tribe. He starts to drive his truck toward their reserve but runs out of gas halfway through in the middle of the desert. With no food, money, or clothing to barter for he dies of exposure in three days.