The War-Trail Fort: Further Adventures of Thomas Fox and Pitamakan

In 1865, the American Fur Company closes its doors, and the old frontier begins to die. For young Thomas Fox, this collapse means opportunity: his uncle plans to become an Indian trader, and Thomas sees his chance to escape boyhood and prove himself on the war-trail. Alongside Pitamakan, his Blackfoot friend and brother in all but blood, Thomas prepares to face a world growing more dangerous by the day. Rival tribes threaten the community. A fort must be built for protection. And what begins as a boy's adventure becomes a violent education in courage, loyalty, and the brutal costs of survival on the plains. James Willard Schultz lived among the Blackfeet for decades, married into the tribe, and wrote with an authenticity that sets his work apart from typical frontier fiction. His portraits of Native American life carry respect and granular detail impossible to fake. This is a story about coming of age at the end of an era, about a friendship that crosses cultural lines, and about a West that was already vanishing while men like Thomas dreamed of conquering it.