Sonne Conway Ballantyne. World of Wakara

Perhaps no Indian of his time was so famous, so feared, or so influential in his quarter of the west. His name was Wakara. By both white and red men he was early recognized as a brilliant tactician, a ruthless trader in Indian slaves — especially captive women and children, and probably the most successful horse thief on the American continent. With vigorous leadership he had molded his loyal and enthusiastic braves into a superb light cavalry and won for himself such titles as “Napoleon of the Desert” and “Hawk of the Mountains.”