Ghost Dance II
The Amulet
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The trail of the lone survivor of the apocalyptic uprising was easy to follow … his were the only horse tracks leading away from the valley. The soldier had made no attempt to cover his trail, so intent was he on simply escaping the ungodly carnage. Besides, where could he go except back to the fort?
Standing Wolf’s thoughts drifted to his mother, the seer. “She is the real Messiah,” he whispered to an attentive Whiskey. “The Great Spirit, Ogle Wa Nagi, is using me because I share her tlchachie, her spirit, her blood.” Pride swelled in his chest and a lump formed in his throat as he pictured her in his mind. …“I cannot let her down. I must find the amulet and return it to the valley,” he said with conviction. “He will go back to the fort … safety in numbers.” Whiskey nodded his delicate head in agreement. “But how do I find the one with the amulet? How can I sneak into the fort?” …
They don’t know yet.
The runaway soldier had not had time to reach the fort. Unsuspecting soldiers at the fort would have no way of knowing Colonel Wolard, Bishop Donneli, and a thousand men of the Fifth Cavalry, nearly a third of the fort population were dead, gone, killed, and whisked away by a force more powerful than any they could have imagined.
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The amulet: good-luck charm or curse? Sam is convinced he would already be dead without it.
Ross and Ruth have everything; children, and the Running R, a large cattle ranch located on the Flathead Indian Reservation of Montana, but there are problems. Ruth is tormented by secrets that threaten their idyllic life, and Indian Court decisions have angered tribal members and threaten the fragile peace between Indians and whites.
Colonel Wolard and a regiment of the 5th Cavalry remain missing as word of the Ghost Dance spreads like a prairie fire from one reservation to another.
In the Pasayten, hidden from time in the valley of the Sematuse, Bent Grass has a startling revelation giving her apocalyptic power to bring past, present and future together, but with alarming consequences.
About the Author
GALE A. PALMANTEER is a retired fish and wildlife biologist and a documented descendant of the Colville Confederated Tribes. He co-authored Ghost Dance, chosen as Best Fiction—Historical Novel of 2009 by Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living Magazine. He currently lives north of Spokane, Washington, with his wife, Kandis.