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Rosa is a Macushi woman who speaks English and acts as the interpreter between her people and Tony Last and Dr. Messinger. She attributes her English knowledge to having “live[d] bottom-side two years with Mr. Forbes,” an unexplained reference. She consistently demands cigarettes from Dr. Messinger, and she frustrates him and Tony by insisting that her people will not accompany them to the Pie-Wie territory and must turn back.
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Rosa Character Timeline in A Handful of Dust
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Chapter 5: In Search of a City
...tries communicating in Wapishiana and is surprised that they can’t understand him. One of them, Rosa, speaks English and clarifies that their tribe doesn’t speak Wapishiana. She explains that the men...
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...sugar supplies from the Macushi women. After several days, the Macushi finish the canoes, but Rosa tells Messinger that they will not accompany him downstream. She repeatedly insists that the Macushi...
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