One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus (1999, Paperback, Reprint)

I loved this book and had a hard time putting it down. The premise of sending white women (presumably all volunteers) to be wives to American Indians in order to have children together, and help assimilate both cultures, is interesting material. I found Jim Fergus's characters very appealing. It is a book of fiction, but indeed was based on an honest offer by a real Cheyenne Chief in the 1870's. This speculated story is full of colorful characters both white and native. Much the same as Larry McMurtry's stories, it is full of "caricaturized" personalities. It also gives us a good look from the inside of the Native American culture and life. I will pass this book to my sisters and children!