Long before Catfish Pearl becomes a pirate, she is a young girl known as Luisa, raised by Apalachee Indians on a 17th century Spanish mission in Florida. A mestiza of uncertain origin, she endears herself to Indian chiefs and friars alike, amusing them with her intelligence and spunk. One day, while traipsing through the woods to her brother's wedding, hostile Chisca Indians kidnap her. Sold to English slave traders, then captured by pirates, Luisa...