Amos Getting
A Life on the American Frontier
Born in 1819 at Fort Union in Dakota Territory to a Cree Mother and French Trapper Father, Amos is sent to live with the Brule Sioux at his Mother's death. When he is thirteen, he leaves his Brule Family to begin a Spirit Quest journey that leads him to a life among White men. As he grows to adulthood, Amos is befriended by a White Rancher who raises the boy as his own, and he witnesses the early days on the Oregon Trail. His new father teaches him the life lessons that lead him to many adventures, first to a Colorado Outpost where he finds the woman who will become his wife and then to Fort Worth as Town Marshal.
Next, he meets legendary Texas Ranger RIP Ford and, at his urging, joins the Rangers for years of memorable battles with the Comanche and Mexican Outlaws. He is at the Battle of Pease River, where he rescues Cynthia Ann Parker, the White captive who married Chief Peta Nocona and bore three children, one of whom became the greatest Comanche War Chief, Quanah Parker.
Following the tragedies of the Civil War, he is recruited into the U.S. Cavalry as a Scout\Translator for both General George Crook and Colonel George A. Custer. He is present for Custer's Exploratory Expedition to the Black Hills in 1874 when Gold is found, and land once promised to the Sioux Nations is opened for Settlement and prospecting.
Later he is called again by Crook to assist in his Spring Expedition that culminates at the Battle of Rosebud Creek, where he releases Amos to search for Custer as the 7th Cavalry marches toward the Little Bighorn River and Destiny.
The story of Amos Getting is a compelling historical account of America's growing pains through the Nineteenth Century, with accounts of battles in the Civil War and the Great Plains Indian Wars. There is the human side of life on the prairie as well, the struggles, hardships, and triumphs that laid the foundation for the land we love today.
