Typee Power Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

The avidity with which his anecdotes are noted down tickles his vanity, and his powers of invention increase with the credulity auditors. (24.4)

Being in control of the historical narrative is a very potent position indeed, don't you think?

Quote #11

At this unexpected communication Mehevi regarded me, for a moment, as if he half suspected I was some inferior sort of white man, who after all did not know much more than a Typee. (25.16)

What's happening between these two? Here, is racial majority and ignorance working against the white man? How can you tell?