![]() ![]() When the oldest man, Old Man, visits them one morning, Isaac has a vision of the man with sores again. Isaac’s Mother tells Isaac and Luke that they do not need the Nahullos’ blankets, and Father orders the boys to stay away from everyone else. ![]() ![]() The oldest Choctaw man is the first to accept the offer, and the others follow. They arrive one morning offering blankets to the Choctaw. The next week, winter arrives and freezes the swamp, which makes it easy for the Nahullo to reach the Choctaws’ camp. The Choctaws make their way to the swamp since they feel sure that the Nahullo will leave them alone there. Upon realizing that the Nahullo soldiers have set everyone’s homes and the church on fire, Isaac and the rest of the Choctaws run into the woods and hide from the Nahullo. ![]() That evening, Isaac wakes to the smell of smoke and sees his room and the rest of his house in flames. While watching these rituals, Isaac experiences a warm shiver right before he has visions of the people bursting into flames or becoming covered in sores and pleading for help. After Isaac’s parents discuss that there is Treaty Talk between the Choctaws and Nahullos (the Choctaws’ name for white men) and that they must get ready to leave, Isaac’s mother takes Isaac out to the woods to watch old Choctaw men and women perform rituals to say goodbye to their home. How I Became A Ghost begins with 10-year-old Isaac, who is now a ghost, telling the story of the day in 1830 when he learned that he and his family would have to leave their home in Choctaw Nation, Mississippi. ![]()
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