hey represent a major danger to the people. They have a power that is recognized as stronger than that of the Indians. Rumors have preceded them, including stories of the fire sticks that can kill both animals and people. The result of seeing these people is immediate change. Gayabuc does not bring home killings for the baby-feast. His child will have no celebration, no baby-feast. Even though the white man has not entered the scene directly, the sacred ways are already impacted.
The book is hallucinatory in many spots. There are dreams of mingled past and present, representations of tormented minds with remnants of the old ways in their souls, but no way to embody those old ways.
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