Robert J Steelman

"A young Oglala Sioux brave, Fox Dancer, persuades his hunting party to spare the life of Cavalry Lieutenant Lew Duffy, a man with hair the color of a fox, to learn from him during the winter. In the spring they traded him for supplies, but a strange bond had been formed that would link their destinies"--

Sam Blair was a peaceful man who took his Hippocratic Oath seriously. The people of Fitch's Landing in the Nebraska Territory knew this and struggled to repay him as best they could for keeping them in good health. But it just wasn't enough, especially when Clara Freeman, Sam's intended, decided to marry and move east with a cavalry officer. Heading back East himself, Sam was intercepted on the trail by a patrol of Oglala Sioux and taken prisoner....