Tononqua: The Pride of the Wyandots

TitleTononqua: The Pride of the Wyandots
Year of Publication1886
Publication TypeNovel
Number of Pages or Episodes213 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsLeonhart, Rudolph
PublisherWerner & Lohmann
CityAkron, OH
Keywordscaptives of Native Americans; interracial relationships; Native American treaties; Native Americans; rescues; Treaty of Ft. McIntosh
Abstract

Sequel to The Wild Rose of the Beaver (1886). Robert Campbell is now married to Wild Rose, with a young daughter, Annie. When Rose and Annie are kidnapped by Red Feather—an Indian who seeks to marry Rose—Robert’s rescue efforts are aided by Tononqua, a legendary Wyandot warrior, who is ethnically white.
Author Biography

Rudolph Leonhart (1832-1901), born in the Kingdom of Hanover, German Confederation, was a teacher in New Ulm, Minnesota during the Dakota War of 1862, which was the subject of his posthumous biography, Memories of New Ulm (1916).
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1785

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