"In the autumn of 1915, Shaw Tucker, his brother James, and their sons go hunting. Instead of a quail, Shaw's dog, Buttercup, flushes an old boot...containing the bones of a foot. Buttercup then leads the men to a shallow grave and a skeleton with a bullet hole in the skull. That night, Shaw awakens to see a pair of moccasin-clad legs brushing by his tent flap. He chases the intruder, but he has disappeared. His concern is justified when he realizes...

Introduces the crafts, myths, and modern and traditional way of life of the native Americans known as the Muscogee, or Creek, whose homelands were in what is now Georgia and Alabama.

Discusses the history of the Creek Indians and their powerful confederacy.

Bat, who has both wings and teeth, plays an important part in a game between the birds and the animals to decide which group is better.