An SST flew over the village and many villagers cowered in fear. They rarely saw many modern modes of transportation, including automobiles. Interestingly, the Apollo moonshot flew by the island many years before, and the villagers lives were affected by this omen. They knew their culture would oneday change, but they did not know whether for the better or the worse.
Mahatma's wife, Ada was very frightened by both the volcano and the modern ideas of many of the missionaries. The zest of a lemon peel slightly calmed her down. Many villagers felt a foreboding feeling of dread even before the volcano erupted. 'Ensigns' in the village navy paddled their war canoes.
One single benefit of the eruption was that the local creek was temporarily transformed into a spa, although most of the fish perished.
Dallas, another American missionary, was worried that the 'supersitious and godless' villagers might resort to violence against them. Zeroes, as some of the missionaries referred to the villagers (as in Zero God, Zero Religion) actually had a rich culture and religious traditions just not Judeo-Christian ones, before the Anglo-missionaries came and ruined everything with their do-good arrogance and so-called superior ideas.
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