The frontiersmen were a remarkable breed of men. They were often rough and illiterate, sometimes brutal and vicious, often seeking an escape in the wilderness of mid-America from crimes committed back east. In the beautiful but deadly country which would one day come to be known as West Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, more often than not they left their bones to bleach beside forest paths or on the banks of the Ohio River,...

Narrative history of the trailblazers who were determined to build a life along the banks of the Ohio river and the conflicts that raged between the settlers and Indians over control of the land.

Running away from a vicious trapper, seven-year-old Ben MacDonald is separated from his family and eventually ends up on the shaore of Lake Winnipeg, where he is taken in by a tribe of Metis Indians.