It's earlier revealed that the primary female is not the daughter of Simaghan, and instead her father is the elderly Lopez.
One character in this book admonishes that, even after thirty years of exile in the mountains, you will find that "you do not know anything, you are nothing, and there is no punishment so terrible...that the corrupted flesh cannot tolerate it." After a bolt of lightning splits a tree in two, the main characters meet that man, the hermit Father Aubry, and his trusty dog. It's earlier revealed that the primary female is not the daughter of Simaghan, and instead her father is the elderly Lopez. Her companion is freed as he's about to be burnt at the stake during the Feast of the Dead. A painting of the burial scene in this book was created by Anne-Louis Girodet. The frame story of the book sees Chactas, the patriarch of the Natchez tribe, relate his adventure to René, who became the title character of the author's subsequent book. Subtitled as the "Loves of Two Savages in the Desert," FTP, name this Romantic novella by the French writer Chateaubriand, titled for its central character, an Indian maiden.
One character in this book admonishes that, even after thirty years of exile in the mountains, you will find that "you do not know anything, you are nothing, and there is no punishment so terrible...that the corrupted flesh cannot tolerate it."
{Atala}