Go Down, Moses, 239 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2016-08-11 15:33
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Location: 
Sam Fathers' Gravesite in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Page Number: 
239
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
and at daybreak on Sunday morning they swapped
Page Event Ends: 
240
Era: 
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Characters Present: 
Major de Spain
Cass Edmonds
Boon Hogganbeck
Ike McCaslin
Characters Mentioned: 
Sam Fathers
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Saturday, December 6, 1884 to Wednesday, December 10, 1884
Summary: 

Edmonds and de Spain arrive at the "low mound of unannealed Earth" where Lion was buried to find Boon standing guard at the funeral bier of Sam Fathers. Boon tells them that Sam wanted to be buried in this traditional way, and says "No!" after de Spain repeatedly asks if Boon "killed" Sam (240).

Chronological Order: 
201.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Burial, Tradition, Loss, Grief, Crying
Environment:
Place›Grave
Actions:
Emotional›Curious | Emotional›Grief
Themes and Motifs:
Death›Funeral pyre / cremation | Death›Indian burial practices | Death›Suspicious

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