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The Winds of
Change
...A Way
of Life Gone Forever
by
Orland Ned Eddins
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The Winds of Change brings out the impending effects of early American western expansion on the Indian cultures of the Ohio Country and the Great Plains. A territorial people, the Northwest and Plains Indians had no concept of land ownership. In contrast, the driving force behind European settlers expanding west of the Allegheny Mountains was land. As settlers acquired Indian land, Indian could no longer hunt on the settler's land...a way of life was gone forever.
The settlers, the military, and the fur traders interaction with Tecumseh of the Shawnee and Partisan of the Sioux is brought to life from the Indian perspective. In addition to the Shawnee and Sioux, The Winds of Change storyline involves the Comanche, Cheyenne, Crow, Hidatsa, Blackfeet, and Shoshone Indians while maintaining a high level of historical accuracy with the use of footnotes and addendums. The last chapter on factual trivia goes beyond the time frame of Lewis and Clark, the Astorians, the Mountain Men, and the Canadian Fur Trade; it contains factual tidbits on the Oregon-California Trail, the Oregon Country, and the Mormon Trail as well. With an exciting, page-turning storyline, The Winds of Change is a "good read", as well as, educational.
A good deal of The Winds of Change was written in the Salt River Range of the Wyoming Mountains.
Tri-Rainbow - Salt River Mountains
In front of my tents were the Lander Cut-Off of the Oregon and California trail and the trail of Robert Stuart and the Eastbound Astorians. The Lander Cut-Off is on the bottom edge of the picture. Robert Stuart's trail is up the canyon towards the end of the Rainbow....some of my readers will appreciate how difficult it was to write under such trying circumstances.
Roy C. Wolf - Illinois
Your Winds of Change lived up to
all my expectations! I received it in the mail Monday and completed reading the
book this morning! You are an accurate, informative, and knowledgeable author.
Every high school history class should have both Mountains of Stone and Winds of
Change on a required reading list for American history classes. I speak as a
returned teacher/principal with 30 years experience in the Public Schools. Your
references, footnotes, and addendum materials express a dedicated, professional,
and expertise seldom exhibited in today's politically correct world. I am
proud to have your two books in my library - The Northwestern Illinois Observer!
Dan Judd - California
I thought the continuity with Mountains of Stone was fantastic! It seemed that
there was a deeper human side to this book. It hooked me like Mountains of Stone
but reading it gave a more personal relationship with the characters.
Definitely left me with the picture of their distant cabin, smoke issuing from
the chimney. The story leaves me with the feeling that they are still there,
doing their daily lives. Made me kind of stop occasionally and wonder how
Broken Knife and Wind are doing. Thank you for the great read.
Michael Caine - England
Thank You for your two books-they are extremely informative of a certain part of
early American History that has fascinated me from being a boy. Your books are
well written and kept me enthralled from start to finish-may I also Thank You
for the CD’S showing the part of the world where you reside.
Larry Akins - Arizona
Mountains of Stone was an exceptional book. I rarely read novels but I need to
read The Winds of Change and highly recommend Mountains of Stone to everyone.
George Lessard - Massachusetts
Both of your books were well written, informative, and very interesting. The
pictures on the CD's are truly amazing.
Carl and Faith Kikstra Michigan
Dr. Eddins
My wife and I ordered and received both of your books a few months ago and have
both read both books. They are great. Thank you for making Broken Knife, his
family and friends so "real". The books really opened my eyes to the day to day
struggles and dangers that they faced. We have felt for a long time that "white
man" took advantage of the Indians and their land with treaties which they never
honored. Your web site is great with tons of information. We are both retired
and have traveled the West and Southwest a few time and plan to return to do
more exploring.
Thanks again and may God bless you.
Cal McClellan - Colorado
I have enjoyed "The Wind.." equally as much as "The
Mountains..." You have told a story, fun to read, while imparting a great deal
of authoritative information about subjects that you obviously care about.
Frank Holmes - England
Many thanks for the copy of Winds
of Change which I very much enjoyed. I found the short paragraphs starting on
page 257 particularly moving.
Richard Batt - Idaho
Both books were well written,
informative, and entertaining!
Jan McIntyre -Michigan
Thank you so much for the wonderful Books - Great Reading! Very Interesting and
so Informative.
Richard V. Roach - Minnesota
My gosh, your pictures are beautiful--absolutely fantastic! These are just as
good as those with your first book. They alone are worth the money.
Vikii - Georgia
I can not express how happy I am Wind of
Change is ready. I had a hard time putting Mountains of Stone down. It was
WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so very much for writing these beautiful books. I
greatly appreciate all the hard work you put into them. I know that Winds of
Change will be just as exciting as Mountains of Stone and hope you continue to
tell the story. Please send me the CD so I may enjoy the lovely pictures of the
places I miss seeing.
O.
N. Eddins is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. He was born and now resides in
Afton, Wyoming, which is near Jackson Hole and the Grand Tetons—a landmark for
Indians and Mountain Men. During the
summer of 2009, a TV crew from Germany came to Wyoming and stayed in the
Salt River camp to
interview Dr. Eddins on John Jacob Astor and the
Astorians for German and French
public television.
Dr. Eddins
is
a contributor, 2011, and a peer reviewer for the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal, and
teaches history workshop classes for the Western Wyoming Community College. He
was an approved judge of the American
Quarter Horse and the American Paint Horse associations, as well as, a certified
ski instructor in Park City, Utah.
For price and ordering information on Winds of Change click on the buffalo picture logo:
When ordering The Winds of Change, you are not required to pre-pay, or send credit card information. After receiving the book, please pay the enclosed invoice. Each copy of The Winds of Change will be signed, and along with the picture CD, mailed directly to you.
A sad commentary on present-day values is there is little trust in people anymore. This is too bad. Being old fashioned, I trust people, and the overwhelming majority of people buying my books justify my faith in people.
We all misplace, or forget things, and no one is added to the Dead Beat list until they have been contacted by email and a letter.
The "Dead Beats" are people who bought Mountains of Stone or The Winds of Change and have not paid for them. The people on the list are not poor...just true worthless "snake in the grass" Dead Beats.
Click on the rattlesnake for address, phone number, and email address of The Winds of Change and the Mountains of Stone dead beats
Joyce Henderson, Rachelle Shaner, Debra Duarte, James S Morrison, Jodie Chico - Dead Beats Paula Vandel, Agness Jack – Dead Beats, Mike Thompson, Sidney McLaughlin, Brigitte Lucke, PhD,– Dead Beats David A Miller, Cade Humphrey, Shane Garcia, William Perugino, Michael Loretto – Dead Beats, Allen Willyerd, Jon Merritt, Timothy Dietz – Dead Beats, Linda Bennington, Virginia Perches, Kris Giedosh, Brett D Pfingston – Dead Beats, Gail Belt, Shawn Seigler, Gerald Gallimore, Sandra Bowden – Dead Beats, Nikki Davenport, Gary Blauser, Randy Adam - Dead Beats, Feigue Cieplinski, PhD.
A CD of pictures from the Grand Teton, Yellowstone, and Mesa Verde National Parks, NASA, Monument Valley, Hovenweep, Fremont and Anasazi Indians petroglyphs, and Star Valley, Wyoming, is included with purchase of The Winds of Change. The picture CD for The Winds of Change is different than the Mountains of Stone CD. Click on the CD logo to see the types of pictures on the two CDs
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