Tarcisius Tandihetsi, the chief ’s son, has seen wonderful things in the Great Villages of the French and is going home. But the canoes are ambushed by the Iroquois, and he will soon learn what it is to be a captive alone among pagans. If only he could escape and find his Blackrobe, Father Isaac Jogues!
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