Chippewa Daughter

American Indian Series #4

by Jane Toombs

Among the Chippewa, by the cold northern shores of Lake Kitchigami, a woman named Birch Leaf dreams of a man-bear who thrusts out a flaming hand...It is the promised vision from the animal spirits, a sign that she can now be married...but the dream means nothing to her until that day when she meets a lone white man... Young, still inexperienced in the ways of the wilderness, Flann O'Phelan is in search of the vicious French-Indian Henri Fontenac...a supplier of guns to the Chippewa. Their conflict reaches its dramatic climax as O'Phelan discovers his most valuable ally, the beautiful, green-eyed Birch Leaf, a woman who knows the ways of the forest and the customs of the ancient Chippewa nation...a woman who captures the secret love of the young adventurer and teaches him the meaning of her trust and the harsh laws of survival in an unfamiliar and untamable land...the land of the Chippewa Daughter.

357 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Jane was born in California, raised in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, has returned "home" to live in the beautiful Upper Peninsula on the shore of Lake Superior--with the Viking from her past. Jane has five children, two stepchildren, seven grandchildren, a calico cat named Kinko and two computers.

She's the author of over seventy published books, both in paper and electronic. These include the various romance genres--gothic, suspense, contemporary, historical, Regency and paranormal--as well as other genres such as mystery, fantasy and horror. Jane has used pseudonyms--Ellen Jamison, Diana Stuart, Olivia Sumner--but is now writing under her own name except for her Zebra/Pinnacle romances for which she uses Jane Anderson.

Reviews

[Shawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good little book. This gave me some insight into the lives of Native Americans in the Great Lakes region in the 1830. The Chippewa had many of the same customs as did the plains tribes but in many areas such as religion and food gathering. I especially found interesting the greater reliance on berries, mushrooms, and tree syrup and bark in their diets. They trapped and snared more game than hunted it. It was also interesting how they saw Eastern Sioux bands as their enemies and competitors for the forests. I do wish the book explored more of the interaction of the tribes with the Canadian and American frontiersmen. Still, I would recommend this book.