1872
Mary, a Crow native is married off to an older but gentle fur trader from Canada. She does not want to leave but is already seeing her people herded into smaller and smaller spaces than promised, beholden to the whites for food, punished for hunting the buffalo that have always been theirs as well as their children stolen to be made civilized. While she befriends a few of the Metis women and a few of the men who work for her husband she has no love for Abe's friends and the whiskey traders who poison her people with whiskey and the wildlife for quick kills and terrorizing the natives. Mary is fierce and resourceful and although she loves her husband once he begins drinking and his friends ruin him it is up to her to seek out and dispense justice. Riveting historical fiction that offers a clear look at the violence, greed and waste of the white settlers compared to the gentle indigenous people. Fans of JEREMIAH JOHNSON and BEARSKIN will find much to love here. 4 stars
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