Shortly after the War of 1812, a picturesque river valley in the Indiana Territory was home to a band of Myaamia people. It was here on La Petite Prairie that they lived, worked, farmed, and hunted on a nearly 4,000 acre government-mandated reservation.
This is the story of the tribe of Chief Francois Godfroy and their attempts to adjust and adapt to the new world in which they find themselves forced to live. First person accounts, family narratives, and government documents give the reader a unique glimpse into the earliest of days in the Indiana wilderness.