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People of the Sun
When Caroline Manchester’s family packed their things to move west after Lee’s surrender, they were leaving Richmond to start a new life and a new dream. That dream ended in tragedy for Caroline’s parents and her two brothers and it began a nightmare for her, until Tavaci entered into her life.
Tavaci had lost his parents as well and was taken in by the great chief of the Tabeguache, Ouray and his wife Chipeta. Hoping to keep peace with the whites, Ouray sent Tavaci and 12 warriors to recover the captive women and property from the wagon train that had been attacked by a renegade band, but Tavaci had no idea that his life would be forever changed when he met Caroline.
People of the Sun is a saga of love, but it is more than that, it is the story of the Tabeguache and Uncompahgre people and how the great chief Ouray passed along his wisdom and peaceful ways to those who surrounded him. It is a story of hope and joy mixed with tragedy and the courage and strength of the Ute people of the valleys and mountains near the great mountain that stood guard over their home.
Tavaci had lost his parents as well and was taken in by the great chief of the Tabeguache, Ouray and his wife Chipeta. Hoping to keep peace with the whites, Ouray sent Tavaci and 12 warriors to recover the captive women and property from the wagon train that had been attacked by a renegade band, but Tavaci had no idea that his life would be forever changed when he met Caroline.
People of the Sun is a saga of love, but it is more than that, it is the story of the Tabeguache and Uncompahgre people and how the great chief Ouray passed along his wisdom and peaceful ways to those who surrounded him. It is a story of hope and joy mixed with tragedy and the courage and strength of the Ute people of the valleys and mountains near the great mountain that stood guard over their home.
182 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 24, 2014
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January 24, 2015
The criminal ways of our forefathers - the military, the government - the raping and pillaging of our country and the destruction of the ways of the People...those who were here for thousands of years before us...that's what this book was about. A family, a way of life, a peaceful tribe surrounded by their own brethren who wanted to fight the white man and get rid of him. Man's inhumanity to Man - and the few bright stars that shine out from our horrific history that remind us of our connections to each other and to a greater picture.
I loved this book, and hated it, too. It is an inescapable fact that we took over an entire country. We had, as a people, no regrets. Perhaps, philosophically, it was the end of their time and the beginning of ours. I still feel shame that we could not share, peacefully, with the People. I admire those men and women who held true to their peaceful beliefs and know theirs was a better way...for them. It would have been for me, too.
I loved this book, and hated it, too. It is an inescapable fact that we took over an entire country. We had, as a people, no regrets. Perhaps, philosophically, it was the end of their time and the beginning of ours. I still feel shame that we could not share, peacefully, with the People. I admire those men and women who held true to their peaceful beliefs and know theirs was a better way...for them. It would have been for me, too.
March 13, 2015
Story of love, faith, and hope in a changing world
After the war of Northern Aggression, a young woman must learn how to survive the loss of everything and everyone she knows and loves. She must go through so much before finding her way. Love isn't always easy nor smooth. Great story about the injustice done to the Native American's.
After the war of Northern Aggression, a young woman must learn how to survive the loss of everything and everyone she knows and loves. She must go through so much before finding her way. Love isn't always easy nor smooth. Great story about the injustice done to the Native American's.
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