Nature Girl
Chapter One
On the second day of January, windswept and bright, a half-blood Seminole named
Sammy Tigertail dumped a dead body in the Lostmans River. The water temperature
was fifty-nine degrees, too nippy for sharks or alligators.
But maybe not for crabs, thought Sammy Tigertail.
Watching the corpse sink, he pondered the foolishness of white men. This one had
called himself Wilson when he arrived on the Big Cypress reservation, reeking of
alcohol and demanding an airboat ride. He spoke of ringing in the New Year at
the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, which was owned by the Seminole tribe on
eighty-six acres between Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Wilson told Sammy Tigertail
that he'd been sorely disappointed not to find a single Indian at the casino,
and that after a full night of drinking, hot babes and seven-card stud he'd
driven all the way out to Big Cypress just to get himself photographed with a
genuine Seminole.
"Some dumbass bet me a hundred bucks I couldn't find one," Wilson said, slinging
a flabby arm around Sammy Tigertail, "but here you are, brother. Hey, where can
I buy one of them cardboard cameras?"
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