Raccoon (Seminole People #4)

Raccoon was the fifth warrior in the Seminole village of south Florida. He had grown up around the swamp, so he knew what could hurt you and what to do to stay safe. He was in love with a young maiden he had grown up with and could not wait to join with her. He was getting up the nerve to ask her father what he would need for a bride price since both were just over nineteen summers now. He was approached by the Head Warrior Swift Runner to escort a beautiful widow back to the Florida Territory border. This woman was a bad troublemaker, and the Chief wanted her gone.
A journey that should have taken him ten sunrises took him twenty-five sunrises. The woman was Brown Eagle’s sister that came to meet her parents at the same time as Brown Eagle did.

Raccoon was not happy to have this assignment, but he would never tell the head warrior or chief no. They left the village, and when the sun was high in the sky, the woman asked Raccoon to escort her back to her village in west Georgia in the mountains. She said she would join with him if he did this for her.
Raccoon refused. His heart belonged to Little Doe, and he would ask the bride price as soon as he got this woman to the border. He couldn’t wait to get back and join with his long time love. After they ate some dried meat and let the horses drink their fill, they again started toward the north to the border. Raccoon got an uneasy feeling in his spirit and turned to see where the woman was, and she was gone. He sighed and turned to find her tracks. It took him until he found her back in her village safe and sound to start back to his maiden. After another unnecessary delay, he was finally on his way home to Little Doe.

Little Doe checked every sunrise to see if her warrior was home again. She questioned the head warrior, and he finally told her that he had sent Raccoon to escort Red River back to the Florida Territory. So she would be gone for good. He did not understand why he was taking so long to get back, but he would be back. Little Doe let much run through her head about what could be keeping her warrior. All of it was bad, and she worried that they would never join.


Did Raccoon join with the beautiful woman that he was taking to the border? Would he forget her? Does he ever come back and claim his maiden, or did he stay in the Cherokee village?
All these questions will be answered in this book.