With a British fort just across the river, he also trades with the British while remaining neutral within the area's strained relations. There is only one thing standing in her way, a river swift, deep and wide.īaptiste Geroux is caught between war and peace as a slightly lame French farmer, he routinely gives the neighboring Indians food from his fields in exchange for allowing him to remain on land they could, at any moment, consider their own. She's both terrified and hopeful that she can reach Fort Detroit and claim refuge as a British citizen. Having been kidnapped as a young child during an Indian raid, the thoughts of escape have barely crossed Maggie Kerr's mind it was too dangerous, but after being promised as a bride to a cruel Huron warrior, Maggie senses a sliver of opportunity and takes it. "If Maggie was going to survive, she'd have to do it on her own.
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