"SAVAGES" THE THIRD BOOK IN A NEW BRAND OF MOUNTAIN MAN ADVENTURES. ONE OF THE FAVORITE BOOKS FROM D. M. HAGGARD IN THIS SERIES. Haggard asks a critical question in this books about the characters and us as a society. "Who are savages?" Read this book and see what you think about this critical question. He is forced to defend himself from an Indian-hating storekeeper who tries to back shoot him. Wilder becomes a fugitive on his trek to the Pacific Ocean. He must defend himself against bounty hunters who are only after his scalp and other tribes all of whom have lessons for half-breeds like Wilder. He is blessed by a wife, Olathe, whose beauty is matched only by her intelligence and understanding about the "situation" between Indians and Anglos. He returns home to his Navajo heritage only to find their camps deserted. The U.S. Army has taken his entire tribe captive and marched them to a horrible and barren region far from their homeland. He must find a way to rescue them ... of die trying.