Morning Star Rising

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Morning Star's Blackfoot village has been attacked by white soldiers when she is only nine winters old. Morning Star hides in some willows by a stream and is not discovered. She finds she is the only person who has survived the horrible massacre. She vows to hate the white man forever. She finds some horses who like her have survived. She is good with horses and together with her two horses she begins to search for another tribe. Through many difficulties she is finally found unconscious by a Shonshone brave who takes her to his village. She is accepted by the new tribe and a kind woman called "The Old One" becomes her mother. She goes through many other challenges but is finally chosen as the wife of the new chief. He mistreats her and so she is forced to runaway. She is saved and befriended by a white mountain man. She has sworn to hate the white man. Will she avenge her family?