Go Down, Moses, 313 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2016-08-12 13:28
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Location: 
Trail in "The Old People"|Go Down, Moses in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Page Number: 
313
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
- Even as he froze himself, he seemed to hear
Page Event Ends: 
314
Era: 
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Characters Present: 
Ike McCaslin
Characters Mentioned: 
Sam Fathers
Uncle Ash
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Wednesday, June 2, 1886 to Wednesday, June 30, 1886
Summary: 

Walking away from Sam's grave, Ike sees beside him and then smells a large rattlesnake, "the old one, the ancient and accursed" (313). As Sam had addressed the huge buck "six years ago," Ike calls the snake "Chief. . . . Grandfather" (313-14).

Chronological Order: 
213.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Snake, Myth, Tradition, Invocation

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