"The Bear", 284 (Event)

Submitted by padgettjb@breva... on Sat, 2015-05-23 11:09
"The Bear"
284
Site of The Bear's Footprint

"The Bear", 284 (Event)

Submitted by padgettjb@breva... on Sat, 2015-05-23 11:04
"The Bear"
284
Fishing Camp|Hunting Camp

"The Bear", 284 (Event)

Submitted by padgettjb@breva... on Sat, 2015-05-23 11:00
"The Bear"
284
Site of The Bear's Footprint

"The Bear", 283 (Event)

Submitted by padgettjb@breva... on Sat, 2015-05-23 10:51
"The Bear"
283
Fishing Camp|Hunting Camp

"The Bear", 282 (Event)

Submitted by padgettjb@breva... on Sat, 2015-05-23 10:46
"The Bear"
282
Deer Crossing in the Big Woods

"The Bear", 282 (Event)

Submitted by padgettjb@breva... on Sat, 2015-05-23 10:30
"The Bear"
282
Compson Farm

"The Bear", 282 (Event)

Submitted by padgettjb@breva... on Fri, 2015-05-22 16:29
"The Bear"
282
Compson Farm

Unnamed Chickasaw Chief

Submitted by padgettjb@breva... on Fri, 2015-05-22 16:19

Sam Fathers' father is referred to twice in "The Bear," first as a "Chickasaw chief" (282) and later as an "Indian king" (294).

Unnamed Enslaved Mother of Sam Fathers

Submitted by padgettjb@breva... on Fri, 2015-05-22 15:59

Sam Fathers' mother was "a slave woman" who was impregnated by a Chickasaw chief (282). The magazine version of "The Bear" also calls her "a Negro slave" (294), but says nothing more about her. Go Down, Moses (1942) explains that after she becomes pregnant, the chief (identified there as Ikkemotubbe) marries her to a enslaved man, which explains Sam's last name - "Fathers," short for "Had-Two-Fathers." The magazine version of "The Old People" features a similar story, but there, the slave woman and Chickasaw chief are referred to as Sam's grandparents.

"The Bear", 281 (Event)

Submitted by padgettjb@breva... on Fri, 2015-05-22 15:44
"The Bear"
281
Big Woods|Big Bottom

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