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The story of a young college man, James Raymond, who is framed for murder by his uncle, aunt and her brother. James heads west to elude lawmen and it is here he sees the inaccessible Table Mountain and is enamored with its beauty and security. After he finds a way to the top of the mountain and discovers a paradise, he rescues a young woman from Indians and shares this new-found "Garden of Eden" with her in a clandestine relationship.

A historical drama about the relationship between a Civil War soldier and a band of Sioux Indians. Attracted by the natural simplicity of their lifestyle, John W. Dunbar chooses to leave his former life behind to join them, taking on the name Dances with Wolves. Soon, Dances with Wolves has become a welcome member of the tribe and fallen in love with a white woman who has been raised amongst the tribe. His peaceful existence is threatened, however,...

Shares accounts of men, women, and children who were taken captive by Native Americans in the years between 1830 and 1885, focusing on events that occurred in Texas, featuring profiles of the victims before capture, explaining how they became captives, and discussing the effects of their captivity on the rest of their lives.

Accounts of young Indians and whites who were unwillingly subjected to life in an alien culture during the years of American settlement of the West. Includes the stories of an Osage boy stolen and sold into plantation slavery by the Cherokees and a white girl whose Indian captors provided for her future welfare by giving her a tribal tattoo.

"Spring, 1850. After a brutally long winter in the Rockies, Mack Harrigan and his growing family have learned to manage the harsh realities of frontier life. Their new friends, the Shoshone, have taught them the skills they need to survive in this rugged land, from tracking and hunting to fishing and foraging. But when their camp is attacked by an enemy tribe, the skills the Harrigans need most are those of a Shoshone warrior. Sometimes there is a...

Rewarded for his heroism in the Civil War, Lt. John Dunbar wants to see the American frontier before it is gone. He is assigned to an abandoned fort, with a Sioux tribe as his only neighbor. They overcome the language barrier and mutual fear and distrust to become friends. His knowledge of their ultimate fate forces him to make a crucial decision.

In The searchers, a Civil War veteran spends five years on the trail of a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped his dead brother's daughter. In Fort Apache, a calvary officer whose by-the-book tactics and ignorance of the western frontier cause him to lead his men into a fatal Apache ambush. In Rio Bravo, a Texas border sheriff fights off hired gunmen to keep a murderer in custody. In The cowboys, a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers...

In The searchers, a Civil War veteran spends five years on the trail of a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped his dead brother's daughter. In Fort Apache, a calvary officer whose by-the-book tactics and ignorance of the western frontier cause him to lead his men into a fatal Apache ambush. In Rio Bravo, a Texas border sheriff fights off hired gunmen to keep a murderer in custody. In The cowboys, a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers...

In The searchers, a Civil War veteran spends five years on the trail of a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped his dead brother's daughter. In Fort Apache, a calvary officer whose by-the-book tactics and ignorance of the western frontier cause him to lead his men into a fatal Apache ambush. In Rio Bravo, a Texas border sheriff fights off hired gunmen to keep a murderer in custody. In The cowboys, a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers...