Review: Apache Promise
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 26, 2014
Angela Barnes traveled toward Tuscon with her parents on a wagon train; before arriving both her parents die, her father at the hands of the scout, Abe Miller, for the train. Rebecca is taken captive by the Apaches. The author portrays her mistreatment by the Indians well. She is saved from rape by an Indian known as Chee; whom Angela had rescued from Miller earlier. Chee convinces the Indians who have taken Angela to give her to his friend, Bear Killer, a white man, Matt Colton., who has lived among the Apache. Matt convinces Angela that they must marry because Cochise, in a bid to reach a peace with the whites, has forbidden raids by the Indians.If the raid becomes known, it will destroy all efforts toward peace; plus if she doesn't marry Colton, Tahnito will most likely take her. Tahnito, the leader of the group who has taken Angela, hates Colton but knows that Cochise will be angry if he discovers what they have done so he agrees to give her to Colton. Angela and Matt enter the marriage with an understanding that they will have it annulled when they leave the Indian camp but those plans fall by the wayside.