If only the Indians had a chance to be educated, a chance to help the United States build a "[atomic] bomb" and if only the Indians, "drowned him (Columbus) in the ocean" then the Indians lives would be different (149). ... Since a hurricane could not have happened during this fight, Alexie describes this fight in such a way because he wants to convey a message of going against nature. ...

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