Ann Williams and Noah Swift Hawk escape Arkansas with their friend Roscoe Bacon but only one of Ann's sisters. Barely across the border and still much too close to the clutches of the prejudiced Judge Daniel Hall, they hide with the Xida people. Every attempt to rendezvous with Ann's other sister at Fort Gibson means exposure, and there are definitely soldiers at the fort who would love to see the family get their comeuppanceIn Noah's village, and...