Frank and Luther North and their Pawnee Scouts worked with the U.S. Army to protect and rescue overland trail travelers, settlers, soldiers, and Union Pacific railroad workers during the Plains Indian Wars and the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. This edition includes photographs, timeline, index, select bibliographical references, critical thinking questions, glossary, and bold vocabulary terms.
A young adult quick reading biography of brothers Frank and Luther North and their Pawnee Scouts who worked with the U.S. Army to protect and rescue overland trail travelers, settlers, soldiers, and Union Pacific railroad workers during the Plains Indian Wars and the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. Two of those Pawnee Scouts "shared" the first Congressional Medal of Honor ever awarded to a Native American. Includes photographs, timeline, index, select bibliographical references, critical thinking questions, glossary, and bold vocabulary terms in the text. Noteworthy Americans Quick Reader Biography Series