THE WINDS OF CHANGE The Winds of Change brings out the impending effects of early American western expansion, 1807 to 1812, on the Indian cultures of the Ohio Country and the Great Plains. A territorial people, the Northwest and Plains Indians had no concept of land ownership. In contrast, the driving force behind European settlers moving west of the Alleghany Mountains was in search of new land. As settlers acquired Indian land, the Indian way of life was gone forever.
The settlers, the armies, and the fur traders interaction with Tecumseh of the Shawnee and Partisan of the Sioux is brought to life from the Indian perspective. In addition to the Shawnee and Sioux, The Winds of Change storyline involves the Comanche, Cheyenne, Crow, Hidatsa, Blackfeet, and Shoshone Indians while maintaining a high level of historical accuracy with the use of footnotes and addendums. The last chapter on factual trivia goes beyond the time frame of Lewis and Clark, the Astorians, the Mountain Men, and the Canadian Fur Trade; it contains factual tidbits on the Oregon-California Trail, the Oregon Country, and the Mormon Trail as well. With an exciting, page-turning storyline, The Winds of Change is a "good read", as well as, educational.