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This passage introduces Cherokee Sal, a Native American woman who is the only woman at Roaring Camp and is heavily implied to be a prostitute. Harte makes Sal’s profession clear by underscoring her sinfulness (she’s “Dissolute, abandoned, and irreclaimable”) and also by pointing out that her name is “familiar enough in the camp.” Here, Harte is using the word “familiar” euphemistically: the men are familiar with Sal, meaning that most of the men have had sex with her.
At this point in the story, it’s unclear what Sal’s “martyrdom” is, but what is clear is that she’s suffering and alone…