"Sure, are ya? Ain’t no surety, Anglo. Ya talk about trouble and magical problems. Ya don’t say much. Ya gotta talk plain, Anglo. I’m just a stupid old man." Sam didn’t believe that, but he played along. He told the old man about Janice. He talked about the ritual and its failure, and about his fears that Janice would succumb to the wendigo curse, and his hopes for her salvation. He ended his tale with an appeal. "You are Howling Coyote. You led the Great Ghost Dance, the most powerful transforming magic the world has ever seen. You’re the only one who knows enough about shamanic magic to make the ritual work. You’ve got to help me."