Shadow of an Indian star

Description:

In 1825, sixteen-year-old Smith Paul runs away from home and is adopted into the Chickasaw tribe, where he travels the infamous Trail of Tears with his adoptive family and forgest Smith Paul's Valley, where he vows people of all races will be treated equally.

subjects: Chickasaw Indians,  Frontier and pioneer life,  Fiction

People: Paul family

Places: Oklahoma,  Pauls Valley (Okla.)