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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
admit
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From this reading Because old Wolfbelly himself would grudgingly admit under pressure that the mother of Grant had been the half-caste daughter of Wolfbelly's sister, white men remembered the taint when they were angry, and called him Injun.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
also
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From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
always
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
American
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From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
ancestry
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From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
angry
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From this reading Because old Wolfbelly himself would grudgingly admit under pressure that the mother of Grant had been the half-caste daughter of Wolfbelly's sister, white men remembered the taint when they were angry, and called him Injun.
any
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
apart
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
argumentnounUS /ˈɑːrɡjəmənt/
a reason or example used to support an idea
From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
assured
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
back
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From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
bed
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Because old Wolfbelly himself would grudgingly admit under pressure that the mother of Grant had been the half-caste daughter of Wolfbelly's sister, white men remembered the taint when they were angry, and called him Injun.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
big
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
bitter
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
blue
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From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
boys
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
called
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
certain
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
corner
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
custom
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
daughter
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From this reading Because old Wolfbelly himself would grudgingly admit under pressure that the mother of Grant had been the half-caste daughter of Wolfbelly's sister, white men remembered the taint when they were angry, and called him Injun.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
exactadjectiveUS /ɪɡˈzækt/
Strictly particular and correct.
From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
eyes
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From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
face
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
fact
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
family
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
fellow
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
Grant
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
grown
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
grudgingly
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From this reading Because old Wolfbelly himself would grudgingly admit under pressure that the mother of Grant had been the half-caste daughter of Wolfbelly's sister, white men remembered the taint when they were angry, and called him Injun.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
half-caste
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From this reading Because old Wolfbelly himself would grudgingly admit under pressure that the mother of Grant had been the half-caste daughter of Wolfbelly's sister, white men remembered the taint when they were angry, and called him Injun.
Harts
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Because old Wolfbelly himself would grudgingly admit under pressure that the mother of Grant had been the half-caste daughter of Wolfbelly's sister, white men remembered the taint when they were angry, and called him Injun.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
Imsen
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
Indian
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From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
Indians
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From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
Injun
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From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
keep
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
knows
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From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
liked
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
loneliness
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
made
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
man
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From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
manifest
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
matter
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
men
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
mother
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From this reading Because old Wolfbelly himself would grudgingly admit under pressure that the mother of Grant had been the half-caste daughter of Wolfbelly's sister, white men remembered the taint when they were angry, and called him Injun.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
old
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From this reading Because old Wolfbelly himself would grudgingly admit under pressure that the mother of Grant had been the half-caste daughter of Wolfbelly's sister, white men remembered the taint when they were angry, and called him Injun.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
only
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From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
own
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
paternal
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From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
perhaps
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
place
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
position
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
pressure
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From this reading Because old Wolfbelly himself would grudgingly admit under pressure that the mother of Grant had been the half-caste daughter of Wolfbelly's sister, white men remembered the taint when they were angry, and called him Injun.
purely
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From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
race
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From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
races
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
rather
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
ready
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
relationship
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From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
remembered
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From this reading Because old Wolfbelly himself would grudgingly admit under pressure that the mother of Grant had been the half-caste daughter of Wolfbelly's sister, white men remembered the taint when they were angry, and called him Injun.
repudiated
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From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
resented
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
resentment
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
room
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
saying
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From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
sense
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
set
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
sister
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From this reading Because old Wolfbelly himself would grudgingly admit under pressure that the mother of Grant had been the half-caste daughter of Wolfbelly's sister, white men remembered the taint when they were angry, and called him Injun.
skin
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From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
social
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
sometimes
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
spite
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
spoke
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From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
status
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
subject
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
table
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
taint
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From this reading Because old Wolfbelly himself would grudgingly admit under pressure that the mother of Grant had been the half-caste daughter of Wolfbelly's sister, white men remembered the taint when they were angry, and called him Injun.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
teeth
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
There
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From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
thus
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
title
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
triflenounUS /ˈtraɪfəl/
something that needs very little effort
From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
two
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From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Because old Wolfbelly himself would grudgingly admit under pressure that the mother of Grant had been the half-caste daughter of Wolfbelly's sister, white men remembered the taint when they were angry, and called him Injun.
unthinkingly
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From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
up
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
very
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From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Because old Wolfbelly himself would grudgingly admit under pressure that the mother of Grant had been the half-caste daughter of Wolfbelly's sister, white men remembered the taint when they were angry, and called him Injun.
Western
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From this reading There is a saying--and if it is not purely Western, it is at least purely American--that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And because he stood thus between the two races of men, his exact social status a subject always open to argument, not even the fact that he was looked upon by the Harts as one of the family, with his own bed always ready for him in a corner of the big room set apart for the boys, and with a certain place at the table which was called his--not even his assured position there could keep him from sometimes feeling quite alone, and perhaps a trifle bitter over his loneliness.
white
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From this reading Because his paternal ancestry went back, and back to no one knows where among the race of blue eyes and fair skin, the Indians repudiated relationship with him, and called him white man--though they also spoke of him unthinkingly as “Good Injun.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the very teeth of that, and in spite of the fact that he was neither very good, nor an Indian--nor in any sense “dead”--men called Grant Imsen “Good Indian” to his face; and if he resented the title, his resentment was never made manifest--perhaps because he had grown up with the name, he rather liked it when he was a little fellow, and with custom had come to take it as a matter of course.
Wolfbelly
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From this reading Because old Wolfbelly himself would grudgingly admit under pressure that the mother of Grant had been the half-caste daughter of Wolfbelly's sister, white men remembered the taint when they were angry, and called him Injun.
Wolfbelly's
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From this reading Because old Wolfbelly himself would grudgingly admit under pressure that the mother of Grant had been the half-caste daughter of Wolfbelly's sister, white men remembered the taint when they were angry, and called him Injun.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Because old Wolfbelly himself would grudgingly admit under pressure that the mother of Grant had been the half-caste daughter of Wolfbelly's sister, white men remembered the taint when they were angry, and called him Injun.
