table of contents part i -- the songs and the covenant 1 2 part ii -- discovery at blackwoods mountain 3 4 5 6 7 part iii -- end of the covenant 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 part i the songs and the covenant 1 the last time mother drank from snake river was at siamese peaks a couple days ago , when she caught a final glimpse of her village on the distant slopes of gash valley , hazy with smoke from hut chimneys slithering up the salmon sky on that first day of spring .