Describes how twelve different children were captured by Indians in Colonial America, the lives they led among the various tribes as well as their subsequent history.

In this dazzling prequel to the New York Times bestsellers The Cowboy andThe Texan, Joan Johnston takes us back to a time when Texas was a young and wild republic, and three strong-willed sisters carved out a destiny that would spawn two legendary dynasties. Here is the spellbinding tale of a woman captured by Comanches--and of the proud warrior who vows to make her love him. Born to a white father and his Indian bride, Long Quiet believed his destiny...

With his father and brother serving in the Confederate Army and the rest of his family murdered in a Comanche raid of their west Texas farm, thirteen-year-old Lewallen seeks to free himself and his younger sister from their Indian captivity.

Kidnapped, along with her young son, off a train-load of tourists, Miranda Price is held hostage on a remote reservation by Hawk O'Toole, a man desperate to help his people, only to find herself drawn to her aloof but tender and seductive captor.

Captured by a roving band of Sioux Indians and brought up as the chief's daughter, Rachel is recaptured by her white family and finds it difficult to adjust, as she longs to return to the tribe.