Native Nations, Ancient Paths: The True Story of the Oregon Trail

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…That night, Kicking Bear sat by the dying embers of his own small fire, the image of the fouled spring seared into his mind. The land, his mother, was being wounded. His people, his family, were being threatened. The quiet observation was over. The time for a warrior's stand had arrived. He would not stand idly by and watch his world be consumed. He would fight, with all the courage and strength his people had instilled in him, to protect what little remained. The anger that had simmered within him for weeks now burned with a clear, unyielding flame.