How The Indian Was Forced To Give The Settlers View Of The Cattle Thief
The Cattle Thief. The literary ballad “The Cattle Thief” Written by Pauline Johnson in 1894. Pauline Johnson wrote a poem in third person about a hungry old indian man that was forced to steal cattle to survive. He was labelled “The Cattle Thief” by settlers, but who was the real thief? The settlers robbed him and his people of land. When he; was starved and hollow of hunger he was forced to take the cattle to survive. Imagery was used to describe the old man, “starved to the bone and old-over that wrinkled, tawny skin, unfed by warmth of blood”. The settlers decided to wait till nightfall when he will come out again for more cattle. The author uses imagery to give the settlers view of “this cattle thief”. The Indian was forced to steal