Ruined by the French Revolution of 1830, a noble family’s son goes to America and is adopted into the Shoshone nation. Through his narrative Marryat takes readers across the plains and deserts of California, Sonora and western Texas, with buffalo hunts, Indian warfare and the Texan expeditions of the early 1840s.
A romantic frontier tale by the sea novelist; its picture of Native Americans mixes admiration with the assumptions of 1843. Download the free EPUB.