Publisher's Synopsis
Meanwhile, a new family has moved into the crumbling cabin next door. Hiram Coombs can't believe his parents have returned to Vermont now that the Revolutionary War is over. Don't they remember the terror of the raid, when Indians and Redcoats burned the family's previous farm and kidnapped Hiram's uncle?
When Hiram encounters Daniel at the trout stream that separates the two farms, he sees only a "dirty Injun," while Daniel regards Hiram as "buffle-brained." The arrival of two more unexpected visitors heightens the tensions between the boys and threatens to rekindle the smoldering embers of the war.