A young half-Navajo woman whom Lily meets while making her first journey to Red Lake, Arizona with Patches. Priscilla rides a donkey and has long black hair. She tells Lily that her mother had sold her to settlers for a pair of mules, but the settlers abused Priscilla and she ran away. After making camp with Lily, she attempts to steal from her saddlebags in the night. When Lily catches her, Priscilla says she had to take advantage of the rare opportunity that had presented itself—a sentiment Lily understands. Even so, the two go their separate ways.
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Priscilla Loosefoot Character Timeline in Half Broke Horses
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Chapter 3
After passing Indian Reservations, Lily falls into a rhythm with Priscilla Loosefoot , a Navajo woman not much older than Lily and riding a donkey. Priscilla says...
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