In 1763 Pontiac’s confederacy lays siege to the British forts of the Great Lakes, and the garrison of Detroit under Colonel de Haldimar is beset by a giant warrior, Wacousta, who nurses an old private hatred against the colonel and his children. Gothic terrors, betrayal and revenge play out in the forest and the fort.
A founding classic of Canadian literature, with the frontier view of Native peoples of 1832. Download the free EPUB.