Can’t say for sure, but this article may explain the reason Evan was offered up as a sacrificial goat. His “victim” was Jenabi.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/03/AR2007080302322.html?referrer=emailarticle
Very interesting, bhfred. You could be right, but I sure hope there was no deal to gain favor with this tribe.