The Cherokee Bride takes place in the year 1850. It is the story of a 17-year-old womanwhose name is Maggie Carter. Maggie is an out-of-control kid who is half Cherokee Indianand half white.She grew up in Fayetteville Arkansas and was the child of a single parent Cherokee Indianwho was rarely around to give her guidance or support. Her mother died when she was 14and from then on, she was on her own without support from anyone. In 1850 an article wasposted in town that got her attention. A man named Major Peter Jenkins was organizinga wagon train that would leave Fayetteville heading for the California Gold Rush. Withnothing to hold her in Fayetteville Maggie signs up and is selected to be one of the scoutsfor the train. In 1850 early pioneers faced multiple problems and challengers while on thetrail but the most serious were three diseases that were killing people right and left. Theywere Smallpox, Measles and Cholera. The train would face all three as they travelled west.When the wagon train arrives in Grand River Oklahoma Peter recruits five Cherokee Indiansto join the train as scouts. It would be their knowledge that he would rely on to lead the trainacross the long prairies, around the huge mountains in the path and across deserts with nowater available.The lead brave selected to serve as Chief Scout is a young man named Jimmy light featherChawkta. Jimmy is smart, speaks three different Indian languages and was practically bornon a horse.This story will keep you on edge as you follow Maggie, Jimmy, and Peter in their 2000-miletrek across the United States Territories to the California Gold rush.