Audiobook CHAPTER 7: Life in the Lodges

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Arriving at the sprawling Cheyenne encampment amidst the horrors of their family’s murder, Catherine and Sophia are immediately torn apart to endure harsh captivity in separate lodges. While twelve-year-old Sophia faces grueling physical labor in Grey Beard’s camp—bearing heavy burdens in absolute, defiant silence—Catherine is subjected to the cruelty of her captor’s wife, Wasita. Catherine quickly adapts by mastering the Cheyenne language, expertly working hides, and ultimately securing wary respect from the tribe after violently repelling an attempted assault with feral defiance.

As winter deepens and General Miles’s cavalry columns advance across the plains, the pressure forces the Cheyenne to flee into the rugged refuge of Cedar Tree Canyon. Recognizing that the relentless soldiers are hunting specifically for the captive girls, Chief Stone Calf intervenes against the more militant leaders. Seeing that the prisoners have transformed from trophies of war into a dangerous liability that threatens the survival of his entire people, Stone Calf firmly resolves that the time has come to pursue peace.

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