Early Indigenous Literatures

Women as the "red, crackling embers": The enemy overcome, their celebration ceases and the fire goes out

As the young lover waits, Tusee is "hovering in the dancehouse" and the nearby enemies are depicted as having fallen asleep. Tusee's success in overcoming their warrior resonates out to a larger eclipse of the enemy camp. Their celebration and fire burn out in "broken embers," which while falling light up the face of Tusee, an "undying hope" for both the boy and her nation.

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