Chief White Eagle

<p>It is a joyful day when an infant boy is born into a free roaming tribe of Abnaki Indians residing in Vermont. As the village celebrates little White Eagle’s birth a pair of unfriendly eyes watches from the distance and contemplates how to uproot the friendly tribe from their home.<br /><br />While White Eagle grows up in a loving family the white man settles closer every day to their village eventually forcing the tribe to move to a reservation governed by their race. As White Eagle’s journey eventually leads to become the one of tribe’s best hunters and the next-in-line to become chief he finds love marries and sires a son. But when smallpox takes his family away forever a devastated White Eagle buries them away from their village. Determined not to abandon them White Eagle finds refuge from his troubles inside a nearby mountain cave and creates a solitary existence. As years and seasons pass White Eagle quietly ages without any idea that he is about to finally realize his purpose in the world.<br /><br />In this historical novel an Abnaki Indian journeys through a challenging existence as he attempts to avoid capture by the white man and bravely confronts his destiny as life comes full circle.</p>