AN AUTHENTIC WESTERN NOVEL WITH A REALISTIC PORTRAYAL OF TRIBES LEARNING TO COMMUNICATE. Born deaf and mute, Speaks-Not lives in a world of silence apart from his people, who later rename him Hunts-Alone for his successful hunting methods. Years later, the Forest People attack his encampment and kill his family, and the old man and his surviving young granddaughter follow a path of destiny – boldly carrying the seeds of their ancient heritage into an uncertain future. “Don Coldsmith is a master narrator and tells great stories of the plains Indians.”