The "faint red light from the west" symbolizeS the spirit of the old man in the red blanket.
Leon turned to look up at the high blue Mountains in the deep snow that's reflected a faint red light from the west.
The story “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” whose author is Leslie Marmon Silko brings to life some of the rituals of the Laguna Pueblo Native Americans. The story is based on an actual event in a New Mexico.
