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Travis is a short Indigenous man who travels with Lincoln. Wab remembers him when she sees him the first time: he was the man who set up her bogus run that resulted in being gang-raped and cut open from forehead to chest. Wab says that at that point, Travis was addicted to drugs. In the present, Travis tries to make the case that he's changed and that he never wanted Wab to get hurt. He generously invites Miig's group to join him and Lincoln for dinner and he insists that the city brings out the worst in people. This all turns out to be a trap: Travis is working with Recruiters to trick Indigenous people and bring them to the residential schools. Frenchie shoots Travis in a fit of rage after Lincoln kills RiRi.
Travis Quotes in The Marrow Thieves
The The Marrow Thieves quotes below are all either spoken by Travis or refer to Travis. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Other Indians Quotes
I nodded back, copying the way he held his mouth. Yes, we would definitely do so. Us men. We'd be vigilant. Chi-Boy turned and started making his way through the trees. I watched him for a minute, and tried to listen. There was nothing—the absence of sound was the only thing the ear picked up. There was no doubt Chi-Boy was the best scout we had, probably the best scout anyone had. I followed close behind, imitating his movements.
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Rogarou Comes Hunting Quotes
The schools were an ever-spreading network from the south stretching northward, on our heels like a bushfire. Always north. To what end? Now we'd lost RiRi. Now I'd shot a man. Would I even be welcome in the North? I couldn't even protect a little girl.
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Travis Character Timeline in The Marrow Thieves
The timeline below shows where the character Travis appears in The Marrow Thieves. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Other Indians
...what nation these two are part of. The men introduce themselves in broken Cree as Travis and Lincoln and Miig leads his family into the clearing. The short man with the...
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Miig cautiously says that he's going to travel on, but Travis invites them to stay and share in their stew and bread. Slopper exclaims at the...
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...They decide to head back, but Chi-Boy stops and asks Frenchie if he noticed how Travis looked at Wab. He says they need to keep an eye on it. Frenchie feels...
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Travis talks about Espanola and says that it's the last town in the region. He hands...
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Chi-Boy stands and looks ready to fight as Miig stares down Lincoln. Travis assures Miig that Lincoln is talking about hiding and tries to get Slopper to agree...
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Travis laughs and invites Miig to camp in the clearing for the night. Miig seems nervous...
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The Way It All Changed
Miig and the family set up tents in the woods, midway between Travis's fire and the cliff. Miig gives orders for keeping watch but they're still caught unaware....
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...from trying to get to RiRi. Lincoln drops RiRi entirely and starts to laugh. As Travis turns, Chi-Boy stabs him in the leg, Miig grabs his gun and punches Travis, and...
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...he came, not listening to Miig telling him to stop. Frenchie startles the twins and Travis sighs and asks if Lincoln killed RiRi. Travis tries to reason with Frenchie, but Frenchie...
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The Long Stumble
...against Frenchie, he can barely feel her. He feels like something changed after he killed Travis. Frenchie admits to himself that he killed a man, that RiRi is dead, and that...
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Lost and Found and Lost
...Frenchie meets Derrick's eyes and sees that he looks like Frenchie did after he shot Travis.
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