Jane Gibbs: Little Bird That Was Caught

In 1834, five-year old Jane was placed into a covered wagon to travel with a family she did not know. The Stevens–a missionary family–took her through great woods and savannahs, boating across Lake Michigan and up rivers until they reached Minnesota. While the Stevens were building a log cabin, Jane discovered that other people lived nearby in houses made of tree bark or buffalo skins and spoke a language called Dakota. Jane came to love the Dakota. From then on, she lived in two worlds, that of the white missionary family and that of the native people who treated Jane like a daughter. She spoke two languages, lived by two sets of rules, and answered to two names: Jane and “Little Bird That Was Caught.” This story tells of Jane’s amazing experiences as a child of two cultures. A chapter book for children ages eight to fourteen.

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