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Outriders

In the summer of 2017, Malachy was one of ​five Scottish writers chosen by Edinburgh International Book Festival to undertake journeys across the Americas.
He travelled through the United States for three weeks, beginning in North Dakota, through Appalachia, and ending in Louisiana. For most of this time he was accompanied by the novelist Jennifer Haigh. The diary posts below were written during this journey. 
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Day Four  |  14th May 2017

14/5/2017

 

Medora to Standing Rock, North Dakota.
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Distance: 208 miles
Total: 570 miles

After a walk through the extraordinary Painted Canyon, we drove down red dirt roads to find Initial Rock, where two of General Custer's men carved their names at an overnight camp in 1876, en route to what would become known as the Battle of Little Big Horn. 
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The Painted Canyon
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Much dust
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Walking in the midday heat.
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Initial Rock

From Initial Rock we headed east, eventually making our way to Prairie Knights, a casino and hotel just south of Cannonball, owned and run by the Standing Rock Sioux. It is a peculiar, and somewhat terrifying place, filled with cigarette smoke and slot machines. 
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Photographs are not allowed in the casino, but this recording gives an indication of what it was like to wander among the hundreds of machines.
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Sunset over the Standing Rock Reservation

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