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Cherokee Sal dies giving birth to Tommy. Had she lived, what effect would that have had on the behavior of the prospectors and the camp as a whole?
The prospectors adamantly refuse to involve women in raising the newborn. Why do they do this? How would the story change with women’s presence in the camp?
By Bret Harte