He moʻolelo o Thomas Savage hānau ʻia i ka makahiki 1967 e hele mai nei i o mākou nei me kēlā virulence ʻano ʻē o nā ʻōlaʻi i manaʻo nui ʻole ʻia. I ka manawa e like paha ia me ka moʻaukala o ka United States hohonu, i kēia lā ua ʻike ʻia ia ma ke ʻano he moʻolelo ikaika pili, ma ka liʻiliʻi mai ka mua, kahi e komo ai i loko o kēlā manaʻo o ka hoahānau. Ua hoʻonui ʻia kahi manaʻo i kēlā me kēia pilikia o ka consanguinity ke ʻole he mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o kēlā, ke koko, e hui pū ana me ʻelua mau kānaka.
Kaina a me ʻAbela, maikaʻi a hewa hoʻi. Ua hōʻeha mau ʻia ko George wahi noho e kahi Phil e nānā nui ana i kāna kaikaina i kona kaikaina. Ola ʻo George i ka stoicism. Akā ʻoiai, ʻoiai e like me ko George ola ʻana i ke ala, manaʻo ʻo Phil i ke ʻano o ka lanakila a ʻoi aku ka nui.
Ke kaʻawale nā kaikunāne ʻelua i ko lākou ala, ʻo kēlā ʻano indomitable o ka paʻa mau i ka homeland alakaʻi iā lākou i ka hakakā kūloko o ka ʻāina e kuhikuhi mau ana i ka pōʻino. A i ke ola maoli, ma ʻō aku o nā ʻōlelo nane Baibala, hiki i nā mea ke hana me ka ʻole o ke ʻano e huki akā he hana wale ia i ke ola.
Montana, 1924. He mau hoahānau lāua ʻo Phil lāua ʻo George a he mau hoa hui pū lāua, he mau hoa hui pū o ka hale hānai nui loa o ke awāwa. Holo pū lākou, lawe i nā kaukani pipi he tausani, a hoʻomau i ka hiamoe ʻana i loko o ka lumi a lākou i hānau ai i ka wā kamaliʻi, i nā moʻo keleawe like. He kiʻekiʻe a lōʻihi ʻo Phil, kūpaka ʻo George a ʻaʻohe hiki ʻole ke hoʻopili ʻia. He māmā ʻo Phil a hiki i kēlā me kēia mea āna i manaʻo ai, maʻalahi ʻo George a ʻaʻohe ona makemake.
Makemake ʻo Phil e hoʻonāukiuki, nele ʻo George i kahi ʻano hoʻomākeʻaka, akā makemake ʻo ia e aloha a aloha ʻia. Ke male ʻana ʻo George iā Rose, kahi wahine kāne make ʻōpio haʻaheo me ka minoʻaka wikiwiki, a lawe iā ia e noho ma ka ʻāina hānai, hoʻomaka ʻo Phil i kahi hoʻouka kaua ʻole e luku iā ia. Akā ʻaʻole nā mea nāwaliwali i ka manawa āu e manaʻo ai.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke moʻolelo «The power of the dog», na Thomas Savage, ma aneʻi:
