Silas, Frank, and Tom Pony are all Native Americans hired by Cardinal Coal Mines. On their first day of work, the Indian recruits are jeered and given pointless, out of the way jobs. The white men's assumption about the three new guys is that they don't "know" anything; they lack the "knowledge" necessary to operate mine equipment such as trucks. Silas describes the mine as reminiscent of Hell, whi

Finally, Tom Pony shows wisdom in a courageous sacrifice as he prevents a white bully's dump truck from keeling over the edge of a cliff, after the man had tried to previously run Tom over. Tom knew the truck was going, so he lodged his foot behind the wheel and held it long enough to get Gunderson out. He then fell off the cliff with the truck when he could hold it no longer. It is obvious that Tom knew the value of his life and his friends lives before that point was not great, so his effort was worthwhile, due to it's inflation of the respectful treatment of at least the other two. Tom was wise, knew the threat to his life that occurred with saving Gunderson, yet he pursued anyway, and his feat increased infinitely the quality of life for his friends, and his own status after death, as

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