
Written by Gary Robinson
Book #2 in the Lands of Our Ancestors series
Children who escaped a Spanish mission build new lives, until ranchers come for their land.
Kilik, Tuhuy and other Chumash children have escaped a Spanish mission in early-1800s California and found a village of runaway Native people. As they grow up and raise families of their own, they face new adversaries: Mexican rancheros granted vast tracts of land for cattle ranches. The second book of a multigenerational saga follows one Chumash family through dangerous times.
Kilik, Tuhuy and the other Native American children have escaped from a Spanish mission in California in the early 1800s. They find the village of other runaway Indians and become part of that community. As they grow and mature, they have children of their own. Together they must face a new set of adversaries, the Mexican Rancheros who have received massive land grants to establish huge cattle ranches. Book Two recounts the exciting and dangerous adventures this Chumash family experience in this multigenerational saga.
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