Isaac, a young Choctaw, "sees dead people". After a Treaty Talk, Isaac knows something awful is going to happen, but he cannot comprehend how awful. All of the Choctaw people's houses are burned to the ground and they are forced to leave their homes, on the long deadly walk referred to now as the Trail of Tears. Isaac is able to see people's deaths before they die and talk to ghosts who appear to him. The story is heartbreaking, but Isaac does not fear his own impending death, thanks in part to his Choctaw beliefs that no one ever really leaves the living. Isaac and the other Choctaw are brave throughout the ordeal, persevering through smallpox, bleeding feet and countless deaths. Isaac manages to help his people in life and death and his fearlessness makes the story more than just sad.
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