Bücher der Reihe Mysteries from the Trail of Tears

In 1848, gold was discovered in the mountains of California.  It is a little known fact that the Cherokees of Indian Territory were excited by the news and they quickly formed a company.  But, what trail would they take?  It was said that the Santa Fe Trail Trail leaving from Independence, Missouri was full of cholera and death.  The southern route was beset with marauding Indians.  How would they get to the goldfields?The Cherokees were among the first to form a company of men and women who planned on traversing the land from the east to grab their share of the gold.  Yet, there was safety in numbers and the group joined with another group of white settlers calling the combined group the Cherokee/Evans Company.  However, almost immediately there was trouble between the two groups.Sasa, a young Cherokee woman, and Coyote, a Lakota/Blackfoot man, accompany the wagon train and bring with them their faithful friends, Wheezer, a Jack Russell Terrier and Yellow Eyes, a wild coyote.  But, all is not well on the wagon train.  There is a murderer in disguise among the travelers as well as much racial tension.The search for the murderer puts Sasa and Coyote's lives in danger.  Would they make it to California?  Only those with courage and endurance stood a chance.

"Wheezer and the Painted Frog is at once joyous and heartbreaking. You will ache for the suffering, be outraged by the wrongs fascinated by the way of life, identify with Sasa and above all you will love Wheezer. You will look for his spirit in every dog you meet! Good luck and all best wishes Anne" Anne Perry, Author of Acceptable Loss Who killed Usti Yansa? Find out in Wheezer and the Painted Frog, Kitty Sutton's debut novel about the aftermath of the infamous Trail of Tears. Healthy little boys shouldn't grow weak and die when they have shelter, food and the care of their families, yet Sasa's little brother, the last of her family, sickens, mumbling the mysterious 'I didn't do it right, I didn't do enough. Why didn't it work?' Left alone, mourning and trying to survive in a new place with new ways, Sasa seeks answers with the help of her new friend, Wheezer. The Jack Russell Terrier seems too wise, too fierce and too loyal to be just a dog. Did the Creator send Wheezer to Sasa and if so, how can a dog, albeit a smart one, help to solve a murder? From the time Europeans landed in North America, the People were forced out of the land they had known for generations. By the nineteenth century, the United States had pushed them into the remote and undeveloped area known as Indian Territory and promised them food and protection that never came. Plagued by the loss of their ability to farm and hunt, the lack of food and shelter, the disease brought by the White Man, every tribe suffered losses so great only the memories of the survivors could document the dead. This story, taking place among the Cherokee after the Trail of Tears, is a story for all the People.