![]() ![]() ![]() Carl replies that Nick should recognize skunks since he has an Indian girlfriend and Indians smell. Nick points out the spot where his father once ran over a skunk. The wagon travels on, and they reach a clearing. Garner (Joe) has to stop the wagon in order to drag an unconscious Indian into the bushes. They make disparaging remarks about Indians Nick feels uncomfortable but chooses to ignore it. As they ride, they pass nine drunken Indians. ![]() The story opens on the Fourth of July as Nick Adams is riding home with friends, the Garners, and their two boys, Carl and Frank. The title alludes to the 1864 children’s song, “Ten Little Indians,” and serves to illustrate the vicious attitudes toward Native Americans in the story. Published in 1927, the story is set during the Fourth of July in Northern Michigan. Ernest Hemingway’s “Ten Indians” is a short story originally published in Men Without Women, a collection of short stories focused on protagonist Nick Adams. ![]()
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