acknowledges that Pacer is not ready to make the required choice
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*This scene shows the degenerate side of whites better than anything else: racism combined with a taste for adultery.
*This scene shows the degenerate side of whites better than anything else: racism combined with a taste for adultery.
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The Kiowa chief appears, and Pacer comes out from the walls of his house to hear his demand: join their side of the war, or be killed (along with his mother). Maw counsels rather than give a quick answer to go to the Indian camp and discuss the matter with her relatives there.
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The Kiowa chief appears, and Pacer comes out from the walls of his house to hear his demand: join their side of the war, or be killed (along with his mother). Maw counsels rather than give a quick answer to go to the Indian camp and discuss the matter with her relatives there. The chief keeps the conversation light, not coming to the point in public; at the end of the visit, he acknowledges that Pacer is not ready to make the required choice but only repeats his people's viewpoint
:"Do we come out to take '''their''' land? No, they come against '''us''' ... forever taking, forever pushing."
:"Do we come out to take '''their''' land? No, they come against '''us''' ... forever taking, forever pushing."