Witness to War: Hayden and the Indian Wars: BOOK FOUR (1865–1890) (Witness to War – The Hayden Carter Chronicles 4)

The Civil War is over, but America’s battles are not. The Pull drags Hayden Carter westward, into a nation hungry for land and willing to break any promise to get it.

The frontier is no empty wilderness. It is home to , Cherokee, Lakota, Cheyenne, Apache, Navajo, Comanche, Arapaho, Nez Perce, and many others who have lived on the land for centuries. To them, the plains and rivers are sacred. To settlers and railroads, they are opportunity. Hayden finds himself caught between visions of progress and survival — and learns that courage lives on both sides of the struggle.

Riding with the cavalry and Buffalo Soldiers, Hayden sees villages burned, treaties broken, and families torn apart. At Little Bighorn, he witnesses warriors fighting for their homeland. At Wounded Knee, he sees tragedy unfold against unarmed men, women, and children. Victory and defeat blur together in blood and sorrow.

Hayden’s journey is not about glory, but about memory. He carries forward the voices of those history too often silenced: Native (Indigenous) families enduring loss, soldiers wrestling with duty, and leaders who fought to the last breath. Each step west teaches him that promises broken echo louder than cannons.

Witness to War: Hayden and the Indian Warsis the fourth book in The Hayden Carter Chronicles, a sweeping sixteen-volume series tracing America’s wars through the eyes of a boy pulled across time. Rich with historical detail and emotional depth, it brings to life battles, betrayals, and the heavy price of expansion.

Step into Hayden’s saddle. Ride the plains. Witness the courage, the sorrow, and the scars that shaped America’s frontier — and carry the memory forward.