In 1848, while on a wagon train headed for Oregon, fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is kidnapped by Pawnee Indians and then falls in with a one-armed trapper who teaches him how to live in the wild.
Cecile buys the slave Lesharo and treats him as an equal; but they hate their life in the new fort at Detroit and long to be free in the wild. Cecile must make a choice that will affect both their lives.
A poor boy becomes a powerful leader when Mother Earth turns his mud pony into a real one, but after the pony turns back to mud, he must find his own strength.
In 1848, while on a wagon train headed for Oregon, fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is kidnapped by Pawnee Indians and then falls in with a one-armed trapper who teaches him how to live in the wild.
An overview of the past and present lives of the Pawnee Nation including their history, food and clothing, homes and family life, religion, music, and government.