Project Gutenberg 2014-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 195 Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia) 1810 1886 Stephens, Ann Sophia Winterbotham Slick, Jonathan Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter Produced by Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) "Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter" by Ann S. Stephens is a fiction novel written in the mid-19th century. The story intertwines the lives of Native Americans and early white settlers, centering on the beautiful young Indian girl, Malaeska, and her experiences as the wife of a white hunter. Themes of love, cultural conflict, and the search for identity drive the narrative as the characters navigate the complexities of their intertwined lives. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the tranquil setting near Catskill, New York, where the narrative hints at a mix of idyllic beauty and brewing tension between settlers and the indigenous tribes. The first chapter establishes the backdrop of the untamed wilderness and introduces various characters, including young and resolute hunters setting out for game and the appearance of Indian tribes near their settlement. As tensions rise, an early conflict involves a skirmish that introduces violence into their lives, setting the stage for the unfolding drama and Malaeska's deep connection to both her indigenous roots and her white husband, hinting at the complex interplay of loyalty and belonging that defines her journey. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46160/46160-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Indian women -- Fiction Dime novels PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: American Literature 302866 2025-08-18T15:09:27.190420 text/html 283372 2024-10-24T08:28:53 text/html 863511 2025-08-18T15:09:31.666444 application/epub+zip 865969 2025-08-18T15:09:27.893414 application/epub+zip 185109 2025-08-18T15:09:27.527392 application/epub+zip 965320 2025-08-18T15:09:34.760463 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 939823 2025-08-18T15:09:31.150416 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 263882 2022-09-21T04:30:30.584119 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280340 2025-08-18T15:09:26.606376 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 260389 2024-10-24T08:28:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16916 2025-08-18T15:09:34.902333 application/rdf+xml 23579 2025-08-18T15:09:27.603560 image/jpeg 3223 2025-08-18T15:09:27.566377 image/jpeg 888064 2025-08-18T15:09:27.245441 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia