Chesna's 6th Blog

So yeah I read pages 108-139 and I thought the story was getting a little intense.  Like the witchcraft part, that was crazy.  I also noticed this section has a lot of people accusing each other.  For example the part with the Indians blaming the white people for all their problems.  But it's like "well it's somewhat your own fault witchcraft".  I also noticed that the Indians are blaming the white people for ruining their lives with alcohol.  But shouldn't they have the power to stop themselves?  I mean really, if you think your life sucks because of alcohol abuse shouldn't you stop?!  Anyway, this was very interesting and it somewhat bothered me in an odd way.

The quote I chose was:

"THe old man shook his head. "That is the trickery of the witchcraft," he said. "They want us to believe all evil resides with white people.  Then we will look no further to see what is really happening.  They want us to separate ourselves from white people, to be ignorant and helpless as we watch our own destruction.  But white people are only tools that the witchery manipulates; and I tell you, we can deal with white people, with their machines and their beliefs.  We can because we invented white people; it was Indian witchery that made white people in the first place." (132)

I chose this because it shows how a few Indians think they can overpower white people just because they "invented" them.  It also makes the Indians seem a little cocky because the quote says that white people are tools and they think they can beat the white people even if the white people have machines and stuff.  So yeah that's my blog. :)