Outlander Book Club: The Fiery Cross Chapter 82 breakdown

Just the Outlander chapter

The chapter starts with Roger on his journey alone. He doesn’t have to speak all that much since he doesn’t really run into people. He’s surveying his land, and he has to figure out what he’s going to do with 5,000 acres of land.

There is a moment that he tries to hum a song. It’s “The Ants Go Marching,” a simple song but we can tell he is struggling with singing. However, he’s trying. One thing he does think though is what he’s going to do now. What can he do with his life in the past when he’s lost his singing voice?

We then move onto Claire, Jamie, and Brianna on their hunt for the ghost bear. They get to a village, where they interact with some of the Cherokee people. Suddenly, there’s a swarm of birds over the sky and everyone starts shooting the birds down. Claire notes that their carrier pigeons.

After that, there’s a fire in the village. There’s a bit of a panic, but eventually, it is pulled under control. However, there’s also a thunderstorm, and it turns out Claire’s horse isn’t the happiest when it comes to thunderstorms. Claire and Jamie end up huddling together.

So far, they haven’t found this ghost bear. It turns out that there may not just be one bear. There have been other creatures and even a black man from a local encampment spotted. Josiah also notes that some of the bear prints found don’t match others.

There is a lot that happens between stories about bats because Claire wants to find out about Nayawenne and the tracking of the ghost bear. There’s a lot of focus on connecting with the tribe and realizing just how similar they can be to Highlanders. It’s not the first time we’ve seen how the Native American tribes can be similar to the Scottish Highlanders in their storytelling and superstitions.