Character
What is the name of the main character? Both his white and Lenni Lenape name.
True Son and/or John.
Where did True Son's tribe reside?
The Tuscawaras.
What was True Son wearing when he first came to the Paxton Township?
His Indian dress - A hunting frock, leggings, and moccasins.
What time is this story set around?
The European Settlement. 1764-5
Why did the Lenni Lenapes agree to release their white prisoners?
They didn't want to break the peace with the white people, so they consented.
What is True Son's white brother's name?
Gordie.
What river did True Son, Del Hardy, and Mr. Butler go on to get to the white village?
The Susquehanna river.
What did True Son's white mother force him to wear when he came back?
A youth's yellow jacket, and gray pantaloons from his cousin Alec.
Where is this story set?
The Ohio-western Pennsylvania frontier of early America.
Why did Half Arrow and True Son murder Uncle Wilse?
To avenge Little Crane.
Who is the guard that watched and translated for True Son?
Del Hardy.
Where did John's white family's village reside?
Paxton Township.
What did True Son have in his hands on the cover of the book?
A bow and arrow.
Where did True Son and Half Arrow go after they killed Uncle Wilse?
The First Mountain.
What color are True Son's eyes?
Brown.
What is the name of the man who scalped Little Crane?
Uncle Wilse.
What mountain did True Son and Gordie try to get to, to see Corn Blade?
Short Mountain.
What did True Son and Half Arrow use to keep warm on the mountain?
True Son's old bearskin.
What was True Son's white mother thinking about upstairs in the dark?
About the day True Son was kidnapped when he was four.
What is True Son's white mother's name?
Myra Butler.
Where did Half Arrow and True Son murder Uncle Wilse?
In Uncle Wilse's house.
What did the Lenni Lenapes in True Son's tribe use to vote to burn him?
They got a stick and threw it in the fire.
Why did the Lenni Lenapes believe that True Son was a white traitor?
When they were to ambush a boat full of white men, True Son saw a little boy that was very similar to Gordie, and warned the men of the ambush.