Coldsmith, Don
Child of the dead Don Coldsmith - 1st ed. - New York Doubleday 1995. - 245 p. geneal. table 23 cm.
An old Indian woman rescues a child with smallpox in one of the epidemics which decimated the Indians in the 18th Century. The child is the only survivor of another tribe and Running Deer's people warn her not to touch the girl. But Running Deer has no reason for living. Since her husband died she has been planning suicide. The child recovers and Running Deer finds a new reason to live--until the girl decides she wants to be reunited with her own people. By the author of Track of the Bear.
9780385470292 9780553294699
94025680
Indians of North America
Indian women
Orphans
Great Plains
Col 32
Child of the dead Don Coldsmith - 1st ed. - New York Doubleday 1995. - 245 p. geneal. table 23 cm.
An old Indian woman rescues a child with smallpox in one of the epidemics which decimated the Indians in the 18th Century. The child is the only survivor of another tribe and Running Deer's people warn her not to touch the girl. But Running Deer has no reason for living. Since her husband died she has been planning suicide. The child recovers and Running Deer finds a new reason to live--until the girl decides she wants to be reunited with her own people. By the author of Track of the Bear.
9780385470292 9780553294699
94025680
Indians of North America
Indian women
Orphans
Great Plains
Col 32