California Joe, Chapters 3,4,5 and 6

In my opinion I believe the immigrants began to realize, once Joe rode into their camp, that he was not a, "spook" but just a seventeen year old kid. They described his clothes as more or less battered and patched up fragments from what seemed to be other peoples clothes because none of his outfit really fit him. Joe warns the group that the Indians were laying a trap for them and offers his help with a counter attack plan. The group quickly realizes that the boy is skilled in the ways of war and take his advice without question. I thought it was really smart how Joe incorporated the young boys and women into the battle plan. He believed that by doing this it increased the chances of the groups survival and furthermore I thought it was cool that the groups women and boys had no problem participating in the attack. I also learned that Joe is skilled in the art of scalping which really is no surprise considering he seems to know the Indian ways extremely well.