The Way to Rainy Mountain is a novel by Scott Momaday that captures the history of journey and migration of Kiowa people. He used 3 different voices to present the genesis of the Kiowa tribe. “The first voice is the voice of my father, the ancestral voice and the voice of the Kiowa oral tradition. The second voice is the voice of historical commentary. And the third is that of personal reminiscence, my own voice.” (4) “The Closing In” is the final chapter in the book and in my opinion uses the 3 voices together the best. It also shares how much the Kiowas value horses.
This chapter represents the Kiowa’s eventual and sad defeat by the Euro-Americans leading them to advance westward.In the first section of this chapter Momaday writes: “Once there was a man who owned a fine hunting horse. It was black and fast and afraid of nothing. When it was turned upon an enemy it charged in a straight line and struck at full speed; the man need have no hand upon the rain. But, you know, that man …show more content…
“In 1861 a sun dance was held near the Arkansas River in Kansas. As an offering to Tai-me, a spotted horse was left tied to a pole in the medicine lodge, where it starved to death. Later in that year an epidemic of smallpox broke out in the tribe, and the old man Gaapiatan sacrificed one of his best horses, a fine black-eared animal, that he and his family might be spared.” (20) This is the second voice, the historical commentary. Historical commentary gives feedback and supports the other sections by providing information. Both this section and the first one share how much the Kiowas value horses. This passage is also about the horses ties to the got Tai-Me which adds to my understanding of how much the Kiowas value horses.The believed that because a horse was treated badly it caused an outbreak of smallpox in the
This chapter represents the Kiowa’s eventual and sad defeat by the Euro-Americans leading them to advance westward.In the first section of this chapter Momaday writes: “Once there was a man who owned a fine hunting horse. It was black and fast and afraid of nothing. When it was turned upon an enemy it charged in a straight line and struck at full speed; the man need have no hand upon the rain. But, you know, that man …show more content…
“In 1861 a sun dance was held near the Arkansas River in Kansas. As an offering to Tai-me, a spotted horse was left tied to a pole in the medicine lodge, where it starved to death. Later in that year an epidemic of smallpox broke out in the tribe, and the old man Gaapiatan sacrificed one of his best horses, a fine black-eared animal, that he and his family might be spared.” (20) This is the second voice, the historical commentary. Historical commentary gives feedback and supports the other sections by providing information. Both this section and the first one share how much the Kiowas value horses. This passage is also about the horses ties to the got Tai-Me which adds to my understanding of how much the Kiowas value horses.The believed that because a horse was treated badly it caused an outbreak of smallpox in the