
Despite initially refusing to accept them, Ray vowed to guard the jewels with his own life.

The Spruces were visited by Benjamin Whitemoon, an elder of a local Native American tribe who gave them a bag of turquoise jewels and other valuable relics and heirlooms, sacred treasures from his people called the "Ilinii", as collateral for the debt the tribe has incurred. Old Chief Wood'nhead is an Indian statue that stands on a front porch outside a general store which was owned and operated by Ray and Martha Spruce in the small town of Dead River, Arizona.


Old Chief Wood'nhead is an Indian statue in the 1987 Stephen King horror anthology film Creepshow 2, in the segment of the same title.
