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what is chechaquo?

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It means "newcomer". Here is the quote,

"He was a newcomer in the land, a chechaquo, and this was his first winter."

A chechaquo is a new comer to a land

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What do you learn about the main character from the direct statements in these lines? How might this characterization foreshadow, or hint at, what is to come?