It may seem weird coming from a woman, but I happen to be very fond of books about the settling and Indian wars of the frontier--particularly if it is about the Midwest area where I live.
This is a fictional account of a factual story, and it was fascinating. I really enjoyed it. Wells was taken prisoner by the Miami tribe as a teen, and became one of them. Years later, he left the tribe and worked for the Americans as a scout, sometimes spy, interpreter and Indian agent. He wanted peace between the tribes and Americans, but it seldom worked out. There are hints of him being duplicitous, but there wasn't any solid proof.
As always, these stories are sad. There were good and bad people on both sides--the rest just wanted to live their lives the way that suited them the best.
The book was very well researched and gave an accurate portrayal of the lives of our natives. How I wish that they could have kept them that way.
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