The suffering continues. Poor Evans didn't even have a chance from the start and he knew it. At least Pa's advice is always there to keep things from getting any worse.
@Sep10trion
I think it's more like author just gave everyone a Caucasian name, but stylistically: chapter 16 and 101 have characters who look like like 'injuns' (native north Americans)
I don't get the "got careless and dealt the final blow" part. Wasn't the point that he didn't have a shot with get in the first place? So there wasn't really anything to get careless about, and there wasn't really a "final blow" to himself.