Blood Silver

Description

The year is 1813. When James Yoachum’s wife dies in childbirth, he is driven mad. Rejecting family and friends, he staggers into the wilderness west of St. Louis, seeking escape from his grief. Weeks later, winter has set in and, exhausted, he falls into a freezing river. Rescued by Delaware Indians, he is taken into their care.

      As he grows stronger, he learns how the Delaware, a simple people, have been taken advantage of repeatedly by whites who come into their territory. Yoachum also learns of the existence of a silver deposit which early Spanish explorers forced Indians to mine.

      Realizing the silver will draw avaricious whites like honey attracts bears, Yoachum devises a plan to protect his adopted people, the Delaware, and sets in motion the events which become the source of legend!