Creek Rifles

For the Creek Indian nation, it was the cruelest journey---the great migration from the land they called their home to the harsh frontier. Theirs was a trail marked by bloodshed, sorrow and loss, a trail of bitter tears. Few white men were rash enough to share their terrible journey...and yet there was one.

His name was Moultrie Ravenel. White, southern, well-educated, and Indian agent, he alone had to face ruthless land speculators, plantation owners and profit makers, and discover the true depth of their limitless greet.

The trail he travels is the trail of the Creek people. His only reward---the love of the beautiful and spirited Moon Shadow. Though thousands die on the long march to Arkansas, their graves marked with circling vultures, Ravenel keeps an unspoken pledge of love---learning at last the true measure of his commitment to the people whose sorrow he shares and to the woman he loves.