Strongheart

CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS...
A son of both the Sioux and white worlds, Joshua Strongheart has two prized possessions—his father's bowie knife and his stepfather's Colt .45 Peacemaker—entrusted to him by his dying mother, who made Joshua promise to use them with honor and respect.

...WITH NOTHING BUT HIS WORD.
In the Colorado Rockies, Joshua falls prey to the cold-blooded McMahon brothers. When they take his pistol and knife, they have no idea what's hidden inside the money belt—crucial War Department documents, signed by the president, ordering a fair trial for Captain Jack, captured chief of the Modoc tribe. Now Joshua must recover both his birthrights and the secret papers—before violence erupts across the West...