Description
During 1866, the country was at war with itself, both literally and figuratively. In the midst of the Civil War, during 1862, countless Native Americans were driven out of their homes, and the land stolen from them was given away with the Homestead Act. The settlers who came out to the West seeking to claim this land believed it was truly the government's to give away, and had no idea the land they were seeking to claim wasn't theirs to mark. Claire and Lillith are two best friends fleeing the racist South for the freedom of the West. One is the daughter of a rich man and sympathizes with the slaves, the other a former slave who grew up in captivity and hates whites such as Claire. Together, they seek to carve out new lives in the West and the land the government is giving away, with no idea from whom it had been stolen. Most settlers never found out about the land really being the Native Americans' as they fought to gain it. Will that be the fate of Claire and Lillith, as well?
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