The Cherokee Bride

<p>The Cherokee Bride takes place in the year 1850. It is the story of a 17-year-old woman</p><p>whose name is Maggie Carter. Maggie is an out-of-control kid who is half Cherokee Indian</p><p>and half white.</p><p>She grew up in Fayetteville Arkansas and was the child of a single parent Cherokee Indian</p><p>who was rarely around to give her guidance or support. Her mother died when she was 14</p><p>and from then on she was on her own without support from anyone. In 1850 an article was</p><p>posted in town that got her attention. A man named Major Peter Jenkins was organizing</p><p>a wagon train that would leave Fayetteville heading for the California Gold Rush. With</p><p>nothing to hold her in Fayetteville Maggie signs up and is selected to be one of the scouts</p><p>for the train. In 1850 early pioneers faced multiple problems and challengers while on the</p><p>trail but the most serious were three diseases that were killing people right and left. They</p><p>were Smallpox Measles and Cholera. The train would face all three as they travelled west.</p><p>When the wagon train arrives in Grand River Oklahoma Peter recruits five Cherokee Indians</p><p>to join the train as scouts. It would be their knowledge that he would rely on to lead the train</p><p>across the long prairies around the huge mountains in the path and across deserts with no</p><p>water available.</p><p>The lead brave selected to serve as Chief Scout is a young man named Jimmy light feather</p><p>Chawkta. Jimmy is smart speaks three different Indian languages and was practically born</p><p>on a horse.</p><p>This story will keep you on edge as you follow Maggie Jimmy and Peter in their 2000-mile</p><p>trek across the United States Territories to the California Gold rush.</p>