Louisa Wilton has only read about Indians, rarely paid attention to slaves, and has not ridden in a wagon train before.
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Creek Indians terrify her, and she begins seeing the underside of slavery.
Traveling along the Federal Road, friends and relatives die.
In 1818, her family strikes out for the promised land - the Wilds of Alabama.
All that is about to change.
All she knows are her books, her pianoforte, and how to entertain her refined friends at her family\'s stately white-columned home.
Louisa Wilton has only read about Indians, rarely paid attention to slaves, and has not ridden in a wagon train before