Daughter of Shiloh. Ilene Shepard Smiddy

       Table of Contents

       Table of Contents

       Cover

       Acknowledgments

       Introduction

       Chapter I

       Chapter II

       Chapter III

       Chapter IV

       Chapter V

       Chapter VI

       Chapter VII

       Chapter VIII

       Chapter IX

       Chapter X

       Chapter XI

       Epilogue

       About the Author

       Back cover

       Daughter

       of Shiloh

      

       Written by

       Ilene Shepard Smiddy

      

       Edited by

       Laura Coy Volner

      

       CCB Publishing

       British Columbia, Canada

      

      Daughter of Shiloh

      Copyright ©2000, 2014 by Ilene Shepard Smiddy

      ISBN-13 978-1-77143-125-5

      Second Edition

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Smiddy, Ilene Shepard, 1933-, author

      Daughter of Shiloh / written by Ilene Shepard Smiddy; edited by Laura Coy Volner. – Second edition.

      Issued in electronic format.

      ISBN 978-1-77143-125-5 (pdf)

      Additional cataloguing data available from Library and Archives Canada

      Previously published in print format by 1st Books Library.

      Disclaimer: This is a work of historical fiction. It is based on actual events and characters, but many of the motives and relationships in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the express written permission from the publisher.

      Publisher:

      CCB Publishing

      British Columbia, Canada

       www.ccbpublishing.com

      

      

      In this America, this wilderness.

      Where the axe echoes with a lonely sound.

      The generations labor to possess.

      And grave by grave we civilize the ground.

       Louis Simpson

      

      

      This book is dedicated to the Glory of God, and to the

      descendants of Clarinda Allington and Chief Chulio Shoe Boots.

       Acknowledgments

      To all of my family and a long list of dear friends who helped to make this book possible by their love, encouragement, support and generous acts of kindness, I am deeply and humbly grateful. And yes, it is finally finished.

      Ilene Shepard Smiddy

      

      

       Introduction

      This book is a historical novel based on the life of Clarinda Allington. Captured by Indians at age twelve, she lived almost twelve years with the Cherokee.

      Clarinda married a Cherokee chief named Chulio Shoe Boots, whom she thought to be her savior. Clarinda’s principal desire was to get back to her family in Kentucky.

      Research into the archives of the War Department of the United States, Indian Affairs, Cherokee Indian Letters, and the memos and documents written by Indian agents who knew Clarinda and Chief Shoe Boots, reveal much about their life together.

      Although essentially fiction, the novel contains many documented facts that breathe life into both character’s personalities. The conflict between the Indian nations and the frontier settlers from 1790-1806 provide background for the book.

      Clarinda was an ordinary girl, forced to live an extraordinary life. The fact that she survived, and her devotion to her children is testimony to her indomitable spirit.

      After learning that the chief actually engineered her capture Clarinda devised an ingenious plan to gain her freedom. She returned to not only a life of poverty, but prejudice and bigotry directed at her three Indian children.

      Because the Cherokee held Clarinda in such high regard, she has many namesakes down through Cherokee history. She is an American legend whose story has never been told.

      Several historians mention Clarinda in their work. She was a remarkable pioneer woman and her voice cries out to be heard.

      It is the author’s hope that the reader will not only enjoy Clarinda’s amazing story, but also learn something new about the forces that shaped America in its formative years.