the half-caved in supply house bulges with supplies.
the first of three carbine boxes is lugged off the stack.
dances with wolves lies unconscious on the floor of the ruined supply house. one side of his face is grotesquely swollen from the blow he took. blood still seeps from a long split of the skin along his cheek.
water drips from dances with wolves' head and he comes to again. as he moves he hears a jangling and discovers that his hands and feet are in chains. everyone has assembled.
dances with wolves is half-dozing against the wall when spivey walks in with a plate of army gruel. he's followed by sergeant bauer. spivey sets the plate in front of the prisoner. he admires the breastplate and like a crow eyeing something shiny, he thinks to grab for it.