Project Gutenberg 2010-06-16 Public domain in the USA. 66 Raymond, Evelyn 1843 1910 Raymond, Evelyn Hunt The Sun Maid: A Story of Fort Dearborn Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by D Alexander and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "The Sun Maid: A Story of Fort Dearborn" by Evelyn Raymond is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative follows a young orphan girl, Kitty Briscoe, also known as the Sun Maid, who is taken into the care of an Indian chief, Black Partridge, against the backdrop of the impending conflict between Native Americans and white settlers near Fort Dearborn. The story delves into themes of identity, belonging, and cultural intersections, particularly through the experiences of Kitty and those around her. The opening of "The Sun Maid" introduces us to the troubled heart of Black Partridge as he walks homeward, filled with a sense of foreboding about his people's future and the dishonesty he perceives in the white settlers. The narrative swiftly moves to the innocent Kitty Briscoe, who has wandered away from the Fort, and her lively spirit brings a tentative warmth to the somber mood. Black Partridge encounters her as she sleeps on the path, leading to her being brought into the Indian village, highlighting the blending of their fates. The initial chapters set the stage for Kitty's transformative journey amidst cultural clashes, the reverberations of loss, and the emergence of new relationships, as she becomes entwined with the destinies of those in her new home. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32843/32843-h/images/icover.jpg en Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- To 1875 -- Fiction Indian captivities -- Illinois -- Fiction Fort Dearborn (Ill.) -- Fiction PZ PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction 482062 481759 2024-10-14T04:54:56.467180 2023-09-14T09:39:36.406592 text/html text/html 507008 2010-06-16T23:35:49 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 952365 2010-06-16T23:36:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1050480 2024-10-14T04:55:03.854295 application/epub+zip 1053833 2024-10-14T04:54:57.591174 application/epub+zip 265767 2024-10-14T04:54:57.002177 application/epub+zip 1211312 2024-10-14T04:55:09.018106 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1160625 2024-10-14T04:55:03.194102 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 374060 2022-09-15T06:34:08.284342 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 423130 422900 2024-10-14T04:54:55.249166 2023-09-14T09:39:35.288566 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 422702 2010-06-16T23:36:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 166228 2010-06-16T23:37:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 422709 2010-06-16T23:36:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 166230 2010-06-16T23:37:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22389 2024-10-14T04:55:09.157104 application/rdf+xml 27833 2024-10-14T04:54:57.106185 image/jpeg 3674 2024-10-14T04:54:57.056135 image/jpeg 951157 2024-10-14T04:54:56.533157 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog