Ambush At Bittercreek - Softcover

Riley, MR. Roger Del

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ISBN 10: 1712265334 ISBN 13: 9781712265338

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

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Living in a land teetering on the brink of war proved to be an extremely difficult proposition for Jake Mallory, a United States cavalry scout whose ties with the Sioux, his potential enemy, were just as strong as his ties with the members of his own race. Having been raised as blood brother to the son of a powerful Sioux chief, and having spent almost as much time growing up in the Sioux village as in his own home in Bittercreek, the young man was constantly torn between his loyalties to his adopted Indian family and to his own kind. Being in love with the chief’s daughter did nothing to help him resolve this perplexing dilemma, either. And to complicate matters even further, he was also in love with a beautiful young white girl who lived in the town now being threatened by a hostile faction of the local Sioux tribe.In the spring of 1876, as tension on the frontier between the white man and the red skins rapidly grew to the breaking point, Jake Mallory made the discovery that balancing his private life against his professional life had finally become an impossible task. Therefore, he knew he had to make a choice between these two diverse cultures. Turning his back on his own kind would not only be considered treason by his military employers, it would also go against everything that he believed in his own heart to be right. Nonetheless, he could scarcely turn his back on a people that had befriended him and shown him nothing but kindness all his life. Accordingly, he made the only decision his conscience would allow, to leave the frontier altogether and let the two sides settle their differences without him. Unfortunately, such a capricious choice made at that specific point in time would prove tragic for all concerned.

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