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MARDI OAKLEY MEDAWAR
THE FORT LARNED INCIDENT
'NEW RELEASE' 288 Pages
Minotaur Books
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Book Description
In 1868, following the signing of the Medicine Lodge Treaty, things are not going well for the Kiowa. Their promised lands went to another tribe, their promised goods have not arrived, and the bored and tense warriors are becoming more and more unruly. When the Indian agent once again fails to live up to his promises, he is run off by the Kiowa and the agent's assistant sends them off to Ft. Larned to receive their annuities.
All the while, Tay-bodal - a healer and member of the Rattle Band - is enduring a personal crisis. A fight with his wife has escalated to the point where he has moved out, his wife is seen with a very eligible bachelor, and divorce seems inevitable. Tay-bodal is therefore not in the best frame of mind he is called upon to investigate a murder amongst the bands. Three Elks, a fond acquaintance of Tay-bodal and son of another chief, has been murdered. The one accused of killing him is a member of the Rattle Band. To make matters worse, the is the same man who has been plotting to steal Tay-bodal's wife. Now, if Tay-bodal cannot put aside his own dislike and prove that the accused innocent - and quickly - then there will be war between the bands, tearing apart what remains of the Kiowa nation.
Mardi Oakley Medawar, a North Carolina Cherokee, lives and works on the Red Cliff Chippewa Reservation in Northern Wisconsin. She is the author of nine published works and a member of:
Western Writers, Sisters In Crime, Returning The Gift - Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers
A Recent Interview By The Author is
HERE
Other Books By Mardi Oakley Medawar
Death At Rainy Mountain
The Witch of The Palo Duro
Murder At Medicine Lodge
The Misty Hills Of Home
People Of The Whistling Waters
DEATH AT RAINY MOUNTAIN
by Mardi Oakley Medawar
Berkley January 1998
Highly Recommended by Harriet Klausner
In 1866, all the various clans of the Kiowa nation gather together at sacred Rainy Mountain to honor the chief of chiefs, the recently deceased Little Bluff, and to elect his replacement. However, the transition does not go smoothly when Cheyenne Robber, the nephew of one of the leading candidates, is accused of strangling to death Coyote Walking, the nephew of another aspirant. It appears that civil war is imminent. However, the ruling council allows Cheyenne Robber's relatives five days to prove he did not commit the crime during a jealous rage over a woman both showed interest in.
Skywalker drafts Tay-bodal, a healer who belongs to no band, to prove that Cheyenne Robber is innocent. As Tay-bodal begins to investigate the crime, he knows that circumstantial evidence proves Cheyenne Robber had the motive, means, and opportunity to kill Coyote Walking. Still, he believes the man to be innocent because Cheyenne Robber planned to kidnap White Otter, not kill his rival. As he digs deeper into uncovering the facts, Tay-bodal falls in love with a widow and has had several attempts made on his life. Tay-bodal continues to investigate because he knows only he can prevent the holocaust facing his people.
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