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Plainsmen volume 14
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By mid-1877, trouble in the Northwest is brewing like a foul broth. Ill will is growing between white settlers and NON-Treaty bands of the Nez Perce. The American government is forcing the Indians from their homelands onto the reservation. Many go quietly, thinking more about their families than of the pride of the warriors. But for a few holdouts, there's no room for compromise. Their history, their heritage and their ancestors are buried beneath...
4) The prairie
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Taking place just a few years after the Louisiana Purchase, The Prairie follows Ishmael and Esther Bush as they travel west from the Mississippi River with their fourteen children, Ellen Wade, a doctor, and Esther's brother. While searching for a place to camp, the group meets Natty Bumppo, a legendary man now in his late eighties. Referred to as "the trapper" Natty helps the family settle somewhere safe. Later, as he roams through the forest, he...