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The forest and the fort

The City in the Dawn

by Hervey Allen

Cover of The forest and the fort

Salathiel Albine, a white child who has lived with the Shawnee Indians from a young age chooses to reidentify with his white parentage after spending some time with a preacher who helps him relearn English. Story points up to cultural differences which made Indian-White conflict inevitable as settlers pressed westward.

FictionHistoryShawnee IndiansHistory, Modern 1601-Fiction, historical, generalIndians of north america, fictionPennsylvania, fiction