The Taming of Kekionga
In a historical fiction, adventure story, ‘you are there,’ format, book four in the Kekionga series, witnesses scouts E.J. Carlisle and friend Running Deer’s families being drawn into the second U.S. War for Independence that spans the old Northwest Territory onto Lake Erie and into Canada.
Pioneer and Indian lives are disrupted as the conflict spares no one. Danger lurks around every tree, over every rampart, and from every hidden flintlock pistol. Wives Charlotte and Morning Bird, with the help of legendaries Johnny Appleseed and Maconaquah exhibit the toughness it takes in attempting to survive the wilderness of the early 1800s Midwest.
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Book Excerpts
Here’s a sampling of what you'll find in The Taming of Kekionga.
The Taming of Kekionga Map
Oliver Hazard Perry
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Back at the British-Indian camp, Brown Bess muskets are pointed at Running Deer as he is tied up. Attempting to be more convincing , Running Deer speaks in Algonquin, “I fought with Little Turtle at the victory in the Battle of Kekionga. I was there at the victory over General St Clair at what is now Fort Recovery, and I fought against the one who never slept at Fallen Timbers. I have scars to prove it.”
“You liar! Everyone has scars, this is an unforgiving land, we cannot take a chance,” says Matthew Elliott.
“I’m telling you the truth. General Harrison has removed the siege at Fort Wayne, and the Americans are coming this way.”
“You are nothing more, nothing less than a William Wells,” says Muir.
“Yes, a two-faced spy who doesn’t know who he is,” says Elliott, signaling his warriors to take Running Deer into a temporary wigwam as a prisoner.
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The next morning is September 10th, and if the crew of the flagship Lawrence isn’t already awake, it will be now as the barrelman in the crow’s nest yells, “There they are, Captain, the British to our northwest coming out of the Detroit River! Looks like six warships heading this way.”
“Look alive, boys.
Follow the tacking Ariel and Scorpian, coxswain!” yells Perry. “The British have the weather in their favor, Lieutenant,” comments Perry looking up at the American and battle flags.