White Man’s Fire

When it comes to woodcraft a White Man’s Fire has been described as “an unnecessarily large campfire that quickly burns up all the firewood, produces excessive heat and flames, and alerts anyone within a several mile perimeter that a novice outdoorsman is camping nearby.”

This sculpture depicts three Indians sit quietly atop their horses looking out over the plains at a plume of smoke in the distance.
What did the natives think when they first saw that smoke?