A young Spaniard dreamed of great cities of gold, but found instead a challenging life among the native people of America's Great Plains. Juan Garcia rode as an arrogant conquistador into the heart of an unexplored continent. One day, on a lone patrol, he was injured and lost amid a nation of "savages" He knew he had little chance of surviving, or of ever returning to his homeland. But what happened from that day forward made a different man of Juan...

A Spanish father searches for his long-lost son north of the Mexican colonies; his son, meanwhile, has become chief of his kidnapper's tribe. When the father falls into the hands of his son's tribe's greatest enemy, trouble brews.

When he is separated from his tribe in a hunt, losing his horse and breaking his leg, Eagle, a young warrior of The People, is rescued by an old man living alone in the woods, who Eagle begins to suspect is the incarnation of a supernatural figure from his tribe's legends.

Rabbit, the grandson of Heads Off, looses the sacred Spanish Bit of his people to the Blue Paints. He seeks to recover the Spanish Bit by riding against Walks-Like-Thunder, the Blue Paints chief.

The eleventh book in the Spanish Bit Saga in which French Sergeant Cartier joins an expedition down the Mississippi, but deserts below the mouth of the Missouri to travel overland in search of the People and his wife's family.

In this latest tale in the landmark Spanish Bit Saga, Calling Bird, a young woman of the People, is abducted by a band of Pawnees who take her to their village to become the "bride" of their most powerful god, the Morning Star.

Singing Wolf, son of Elk-dog tribe leader Walks in the Sun, has reached manhood. He has proved himself on his first hunt and looks forward to marrying his childhood friend Rain. When a young warrior from another tribe arrives with a powerful magic, Singing Wolf realizes he has a rival for both tribal leadership and the affections of Rain.

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...

Pipe Bear, a holy man of the Elk-Dog People, journeys north to seek an answer to a mysterious dream, accompanied by the mare and foal that featured in it. A portrait of the culture of the Plains Indians.

"Misunderstood by her peers and unloved by her stepmother, the young Cherokee, Corn Flower, finds acceptance with Snakewater, the medicine woman of Old Town. Soon, Corn Flower moves into Snakewater's isolated house and begins learning the art of healing - what ceremonies to perform, which plants to harvest, how to preserve them. When Snakewater dies, Corn Flower inherits the role and the power of the medicine woman as well as her name, Snakewater.". "This...