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To limit the influence of the French along the Mississippi River, the Spanish send out an expedition to capture Indians allied with the French. The result is a massacre by the Pawnee. A young Spanish captive is a slave at first, but later marries into the Pawnee tribe. This is the eighteenth novel in the popular Spanish Bit series that chronicles early contact between native Americans and white settlers and explorers.
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A youth in a tribe of Plains Indians gives up a girlfriend to serve as a holy man's pipe bearer, first step in becoming a holy man himself. The novel follows his training in communicating with spirits and in preserving tribal legends and culture. By the author of Child of the Dead.
10) Thunderstick
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Singing Wolf, son of Elk-dog tribe leader Walks in the Sun, has reached manhood. He has proved himself on his first hunt and looks forward to marrying his childhood friend Rain. When a young warrior from another tribe arrives with a powerful magic, Singing Wolf realizes he has a rival for both tribal leadership and the affections of Rain.
12) Walks in the sun
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Walks in the Sun, a young Indian holy man of the People, is torn by a split among his friends and family.
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A young Spaniard dreamed of great cities of gold, but found instead a challenging life among the native people of America's Great Plains. Juan Garcia rode as an arrogant conquistador into the heart of an unexplored continent. One day, on a lone patrol, he was injured and lost amid a nation of "savages" He knew he had little chance of surviving, or of ever returning to his homeland. But what happened from that day forward made a different man of Juan...