[Gutenberg 36044] • White Otter

• Three of American author Elmer Russell Gregor's native Indian books are bound together in this Kindle western trilogy: White Otter, The War Trail & Three Sioux Scouts

The War Chief of the Ogala Sioux, named White Otter, hunts buffalo in spring, known as the-new-grass-moon. Travel between villages is difficult, made over a journey of several days, but the young warriors still manage to visit each other regularly and to declare war. This is their story.

Excerpt:

"...After he had gone a short distance the yonng Sioux stopped to assure himself that the unknown horsemen were continuing in his direction. He was surprised to learn that the sounds had ceased. However, the stillness failed to deceive him. He knew that, like himself, the riders were taking every precaution against a surprise. He believed that the main company had stopped some distance out on the plain to wait until one or more unmounted scouts could steal up to the water-hole to reconnoiter. Fearing that these scouts might circle about the grove and eventually discover him, he turned his pony toward the east and rode slowly away..."