CHAPTER 27
Cherokee on Mamma’s Side
After Priscilla arrived in Spokane, she became overwhelmed with what felt like too much family.
Priscilla loathed Harriet’s second husband, Judson, almost at first sight. He was just the sort of man she despised, most particularly for how brazen he was in his self-regard—most often at Harriet’s expense. He often used expressions such as: “What I do for my wife,” and “How, because of me, Harriet’s very existence matters.” Priscilla was disgusted by him.
Harriet did not make it any better when she insisted to Priscilla, “Judson’s a good man because he provides for me and the children.” When she heard her sister’s words, Priscilla imagined herself in the Middle Ages.
Priscilla would have liked to hit the road to Sills Creek the same day she arrived, bu
