Blessings From The Four Winds by Syvila Weatherford

Blessings from the Four Winds is a novel inspired by the life of the author's great-grandfather. The novel opens following him as a young cowboy traveling to join a cattle drive driving a herd from Waco, Texas to Dodge City, Kansas. It is during one of these cattle drives that he happens upon a beautiful Native American-Choctaw girl. Set in 1885, the storyline follows their forbidden courtship and his rivalry with the Chief's son for her hand. In the beginning, the Indian girl rejects all of his amorous attempts to win her affection, until he devises a way for her to consider him as a serious suitor and end the rivalry once and for all. This story contrasts traditions of Native-American, Euro-American, and African-American peoples and has something for every reader – romance, intrigue, action, comedy and spiritual introspect.