Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung von Deerfoot in den Bergen
Für wen es gedacht ist
You will enjoy it if you like frontier adventure, clever tracking and chases on horseback, and warm friendships between a loyal hero and his companions. Readers who care about faith and character in a story will find much here.
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What would you cross a mountain range on foot to get back? For Deerfoot the Shawanoe, the answer is a black stallion named Whirlwind. Deerfoot in the Mountains is a frontier adventure by Edward Sylvester Ellis, set in 1804 and 1805. It follows Deerfoot, his young friends George and Victor Shelton, and the Blackfoot guide Mul-tal-la as they head east from the Pacific. You get river rapids, tracking, daring escapes and a winter among the Blackfeet. It begins with a cold trip up the Columbia.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1The party turns east up the ColumbiaFree
- 2Whirlwind is missing from the Nez Perce village
- 3A smart tracker reads the land ahead
- 4Courage and cunning win back the stallion
- 5A fall in the canyon and a stranger's cure
- 6The Shelton brothers settle in among the Blackfeet
- 7Deerfoot arrives and proves his reputation
- 8A legend, a challenge, and a morning meeting
- 9Mercy, friendship, and what the story is about
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The party turns east up the Columbia
After gazing at the Pacific from a rise near the Columbia, Deerfoot and his friends begin the long way home. Deerfoot speaks of a time when white settlers will fill the land, and he hopes the two peoples will live side by side in peace. Then the work begins, because paddling upstream means swift water and exhausting portages.
Deerfoot holds to strict principles. One freezing night, the boys long to burn lumber from a pile that belongs to someone else. Deerfoot asks them what two and two make, and he says that taking the wood now would be a sin because they know it has an owner. So they shiver and sleep, and by morning snow covers them like blankets.
Victor sees his chance to settle old scores and pelts his three sleeping friends with snowballs. The fight ends badly for him, since Deerfoot throws faster and harder than the others put together. The scene sets the tone of the book: honest play, firm right and wrong, and a hero who is gentler than he is strong.
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Questions about Deerfoot in den Bergen
What is Deerfoot in the Mountains about?
It follows Deerfoot the Shawanoe and the Shelton brothers on the return trip from the Pacific to Ohio. Deerfoot must recover his stolen stallion, and the party spends a winter among the Blackfeet before heading home.
Who is Deerfoot the Shawanoe?
Deerfoot is a young Shawanoe hunter and runner who appears in many of Ellis's books. He is a Christian known for speed, skill with weapons, modesty, and mercy toward enemies.
Is Deerfoot in the Mountains a true story?
No, it is a work of fiction, though it uses real history. Lewis and Clark appear in the story, and the setting is the American West in 1804 and 1805.
What is the Spirit Circle in the book?
It is a legend told among the Blackfeet about a chief named Wahla who ran in a circle after a terrible act. Taggarak uses it as a punishment for great criminals.
Is this book easy to read?
It has clear action and a friendly narrator. Plenty of dialogue, chases and humorous scenes between Victor, George and Deerfoot keep the story moving.