Yes. Boy Willie believed that he now had the power of death, and that is why he killed Sutter. He also wanted the land that Sutter was on which establishes motive.

Who killed Sutter in The piano Lesson?

Willie asks his uncle for a celebratory drink: the Ghosts of the Yellow Dog have drowned Sutter in his own well. Willie intends to sell the family piano and use the money to buy Sutter's land, the land his ancestors once worked as slaves.

How does Boy Willie claim Sutter has died?

He was later murdered for it in the yellow box train car by whites. They tried burning his house also. Mother of Boy Willie, Mama Ola kept piano and then it was passed down to be shared among Willie and Berniece. ... Who is asked to carve on the piano by the Sutter grandma?