An aging ex-con who lives as a hermit joins with a twelve-year-old, half-breed orphan and together they make a life for themselves surviving the elements and the rejection of society.
Discusses the relationship between the tribes of the Abenaki Indians of northern New England and the federal government and describes their way of life.
Persistent memories of his earlier life compel 15-year-old Tanial to flee from his Abnaki Indian captors and journey during the winter from the northern shores of Lake Champlain to the English settlements.
In 1752, nineteen-year-old Abenaki warrior Ogistin is present when a band of his people capture an English trapper, John Stark, and as Stark is carried into captivity in Canada a bond of hate and competition develops between him and Ogistin.