Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

TlalocW

(15,647 posts)
3. I read the books back in 8th grade or so
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 09:07 PM
Jun 2018

All of them in two weeks while I had chickenpox during the winter when we had wonderful snowfall, and I couldn't play outside. They were always on the headboard of my sister's bed growing up. I remember three times Native Americans were mentioned though there might have been more (like the one above).

Pa went out to hunt a bear that had been spotted on the farm (Ma had actually mistaken it for a cow in the dark when she went out to the pen and shoved it to get it away from the fence). Pa ran into a Native American, and they were able to communicate enough that the Native American told him that he had killed it a few days ago.

In Kansas, a large tribe of Native Americans walked past their cabin heading west, I believe, and Laura fell in love with a baby Native American swaddled in a papoose and wanted Pa to get him/her for her. Likely she looked upon it as a doll.

When she was recently married to Alonzo, and they had a farm, some Native Americans wandered by and were looking at their barn out of curiosity. She went out to confront them, and one of them supposedly said, "Squaw?" and Laura took it to mean he wanted her as a wife so she slapped him (his friends laughed). I always thought he could have been asking, "Are you the lady of the house?"

TlalocW

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Latest Discussions»Culture Forums»Fiction»Laura Ingalls Wilder's na...»Reply #3