![]() ![]() On this account, she often sent the poor girl out into the great forest in order to get rid of her, for she thought she would lose herself and never come back again. The mother was, however, so strange, that it was just the eldest daughter whom she most loved, and she could not bear the youngest. Strouding a wool blanket worn as a cloak.There was once on a time a mother who had three daughters, the eldest of whom was rude and wicked, the second much better, although she had her faults, but the youngest was a pious, good child. Loose ends, either fringed or decorated with quills of stitchery, hang in front and back. After it is secured in front by a belt, it is passed between the legs and looped over the back section. The garment is made from a single length of leather, skin, or fabric a foot wide and four to six feet long. Unlike chaps, they shield the entire leg, including the calf and thigh.īreech clout a loincloth worn by native American males to protect the genitals. Leggings leg covers made of tanned animal skin to protect the wearer from cold or nettlesome underbrush. His authoritative account of the expedition against the Ohio Indians was published in Philadelphia in 1765 and in London in 1766. The fruit is edible, but the roots are poisonous.īouquet Henry Bouquet (1719-65), a native of Berne, Switzerland, and a lieutenant colonel of the Royal American Regiment from 1754 to 1764. May apple an important purgative and liver cleanser among native American herbs. Yengwes ( yeeng wees) a native pronunciation of "English" and likely forerunner of the word "Yankee." Later in the novel, this difference between Indian and white-man humor provides another point of contention between True Son and his white family. The many false stereotypes of Indians does not include them as smiling or sharing humor, but True Son and Half Arrow have inside jokes between them. In this chapter, we experience Indian humor as Half Arrow and True Son smile and joke with each other. ![]() However, the reader's attention is centered mostly on the sprightly chatter of Half Arrow, the one bright spot on this most dismal day of True Son's life. ![]() True Son's comment that the white soldiers haven't killed Little Crane, who's accompanying his white wife as far as the soldiers will let him, is ironic and hints at what will happen in Chapter 10. ![]() The morning is gray, and an ancient sycamore tree that stands at the fork in the trail is divided into contrasting symbolic halves: A dead limb points toward the white world and a live branch toward the Lenni Lenape village. To enhance the drama of True Son's forced march through the forest, Richter describes the woods and all of nature as being sympathetic to True Son's plight. To ease their final parting, Half Arrow offers farewell gifts to True Son: parched corn, moccasins made by True Son's mother and sisters, and True Son's bearskin bed covering. Half Arrow shares True Son's bread and a portion of the white man's beef. By noon, True Son has given up thoughts of suicide. Another friend, Little Crane, accompanies his white wife on the journey. True Son's cousin, Half Arrow, follows the expedition and reveals himself to True Son, but he stays hidden from the white soldiers because he's afraid that they will shoot him. He makes three attempts to dig up poisonous roots and eat them, but he fails each time because Del keeps him tethered and carefully guarded. In a typical adolescent fantasy, True Son thinks of gaining his Lenni Lenape tribe's admiration by committing suicide rather than returning to the white world. Having waited three days, Colonel Bouquet's expedition leaves the camp on the fourth day and marches east, toward Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania. ![]()
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