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Cim Cravat

Named for the wild Spanish word for unruly, Yancey and Sabra's son grows up bronzed and precocious on the Oklahoma prairie, a miniature of his father.

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Also known as little Cim, Cim, young Cim

First appearance: III

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Young son of Yancey and Sabra, experiences the land rush and early days in Osage.

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Cimarron Cravat is nearly eight when visiting Venable relatives descend, and he disconcerts them by calmly explaining how white men broke the Indians' spirit and stole their buffalo. He has Sabra's dark eyes and Yancey's charm, mannerisms, and unsettling directness. His adult speech and romantic bearing make him a mirror of his father's magnetism — and a quiet reproach to the genteel cousins who named him foolishly.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Cimarron
Young son of Yancey and Sabra, experiences the land rush and early days in Osage.
Chapter II
Present at the dinner table, held by Sabra, and begins to whimper during the argument.
III
Mentioned as the child to keep warm with the blanket.
IV
Thinks the trip is a picnic, is wildly excited, shouts at the horses, and later becomes exhausted and feverish.
V
Absorbs Yancey's tales of Indian dispossession; rebels against Sabra's anti-Indian views; wanders off and is found with strangers in a cave.
VI
Noisy and unruly at supper; excited by the new surroundings; falls asleep in a box bed.
VII
Present with Sabra and Isaiah, watching Yancey practice his shooting.
Chapter VIII
Excitedly dresses for church; imitates a preacher with Isaiah.
IX
Holds Sabra's hand during the service.
XII
At age 8, his character is formed; he worships his father and repeats Yancey's radical views to visiting relatives.
XIII
Bewildered by the commotion; forbidden by Sabra to go near the display of the Kid's body.
Chapter XIV
Yancey's son, who is regaled with stories from Yancey's trips to reservations.
Chapter XV
Now a boy who speaks of Yancey as if he were in the next room, defending his father's reputation to his grandmother.
Chapter XVI
Now a slender, graceful boy with a sensitive face, reaches almost to Yancey's shoulders, asks about a pony.
XIX
Age nineteen; wants to be a geologist; hates working at the Wigwam; understands Ruby's plans; hitches the phaeton for her.
Chapter XXI
Comes home from Colorado for summer vacation, gets caught up in the oil flood, and never returns to school.
Chapter XXII
Cim marries Ruby Big Elk, displaying a radiant and smiling face despite his mother's distress.
XXIII
Donna's brother, brought to Washington with his wife Ruby and their children for the social reception.
Chapter XXIV
Mentioned as a possible subject for the statue (holding little Cim by the hand).
Chapter XXV
Mentioned in Sabra's thoughts; she wishes her son had become like the young Harvard engineer.

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