Speed

Aaron

In chapter 19 of The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday, the three voices are tied together by the importance of speed. The storyteller tell about the Ute chief was true to his word, and the brothers returned to their own people on horseback.
The historian said that they stopped to surrender their ponies to the soldiers.
Momaday, speaking in his own voice,shares that his horse was a small red roan. It was fast and easyto ride. He rode among the dunes,along the bases of mesas and cliffs.

People say I run to everywhere Iam going. I don't think I run to everywhere I have to go to. If I do run to whereeverI have to go, it's because I just want to get there early. I do run to my classes. I do that because I don't want to be late to class. I do this because one time Iwas late to art class, and she wrote me up.

She made me very angry, when she wrote me up. I wish I could have hit her, but I did not hit her. She told me I need to leave earlier than when the the bell rings. I can't leave earlier because I talk to my friends. When I talk to my friends I lose track of time. I wish she didn't write me up, because it's not my fault I am late to class. I think she thinks I do it on purpose; but I don't do it on purpose. I did not get written up ever again.

Speeding to my classes keeps me from being late. If I'm not late I won't get written up. The Kiowas' horses were fast so they could hunt. The Kiowas rode among the dunes. My experience and the Kiowas experience shows how important speed was to both of us.