A novel of love and obsession set in the American west, A Song for Monahsetah is a completed novel that is ready for literary agent representation. It tells the story of a southern Cheyenne woman who was taken captive by George Armstrong Custer during his attack on Black Kettle’s village on the Washita River in the winter of 1868.

The completion of this important work of historical fiction is very timely. To date, the portrayals of Monahsetah have often been as side-notes in other’s stories, and have fallen victim to unfortunate stereotypes. She was a strong, remarkable woman who lived in one of the most violent and turbulent periods in American history. She was a teenager drawn into a brutal series of events not of her choosing. Yet she persevered, survived, and left a legacy that deserves to be understood and told.

Monahsetah was not the only person swept up the events of that troubled time. To tell her story, A Song for Monahsetah must also tell the stories of her people, and of Custer and his soldiers. Tightly researched over almost a decade, it will not be an easy read, and it will not be for everyone. But its time has come.

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My eyes have seen so many things, I wonder if they are broken. They seem to be working backward. When I close them, I see things I have already seen. Things I do not want to see and will not speak of. I can not tell if they are from Sand Creek, from the Washita River, or some other dark place where People get shot and killed and cut to pieces by soldiers. The images are right there, bright and clear, though I do not want them to be.

When I open my eyes, I see nothing. Not even what is right in front of me. I think that maybe this is what happened to Little Eagle, that this is what drove him to be mean and abusive. But I do not want to become like him. So I try to keep my eyes open, seeing nothing and waiting for the images of what I will not speak of to leave me.
— A Song for Monahsetah
 
This is a story born of War, and filled with the Wickedness of Man.
— A Song for Monahsetah