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Show Isaac1 to two women who were married to one of the Mexican members of the group. When Sharon awakened from her dream, all conflict and jealousy was gone from her heart. She gave Isaac< her consent to choose another wife, not knowing that he had already preceded her, taking a second wife in secret and resting his case on the Doctrine and Covenants: "...if she receive not the law (the Principle reagrding plural marriage and the New and Everlasting Covenant) because she did not believe and administer unto him according to my word, she then becomes the transgressor; and she is exempt from the law of Sarah." A couple of weeks later, the husband of the two women in Sharon's dream was killed, and Sharon's dream came true. The son of one of these widows was rebellious and high-spirited, a teen-ager caught in a strong sense of identification with his people, the Lamanites. He had experiementsd with Peyote and marijuana, had let his dark hair grow long, and he took to wearing it in braids or a headband. LaMarr tried to Persuade him that this style contradicted the cleanliness and well-groomed appearance valued by members of his family. He promised to take the boy deer-hunting if he would only submit to a haircut. I imagined Isaac entering the kitchen with scissors and comb in hand, just as his mother, Aunt Helga had done each Saturday night before bath-time. The Indian boy had previously agreed to have his long locks tamed, but hisdty*es burned with resentment. This man had taken his father's place with his mother before his body was fully cold in the ground. He was trying to take his father's place in his own heart. The boy was prepared. |
