Overview

It is 100 years B.C. (Before Columbus), and life is good for twelve-year-old Chogan and his ten-year-old sister until a Grizzly Bear terrorizes their Indian village along Lake SuperiorÆs south shore. The bear crushes wigwams with its massive weight and destroys precious strips of meat hanging on racks to dry. Despite the danger, life must go on if Chogan and his family are to survive. Chogan and his sister venture into the forest of virgin white pine to check their snares and discover an orphaned wolf pup. The bear has killed the wolf pupÆs mother, and has left the pup to die. Chogan adopts the young wolf knowing he must return the wolf to the wild at the end of the summer. Under ChoganÆs care, the wolf pup survives and grows to adulthood. The time comes when Chogan and the wolf must part and go their separate ways. The wolf quickly adapts to the wild but never forgets his friend. Chogan had saved the pupÆs life, and fate will soon provide the wolf with a chance to return the favor. Interspaced among the pages of historical fiction are links to seven stand-alone web pages portraying a cultural event or survival skill essential to ChoganÆs life in early America.