This novel is set in what is now the State of Michigan in the USA and features a group of American Indians. It opens with a dramatic confrontation between a 'half-breed' and a group of young Indian braves

This novel is set at the time of the 1812 War in America. A trapper is resting in his log cabin at night with just his dog for company. Suddenly he is disturbed by the arrival of a man called Johhny Appleseed who is telling everyone the latest news from the War front. It is not good news.