Epilogue
October 1862
Teacher’s Mead on the Upper Yanube
Major James Carleton Morrow closed the journal and stared at the cover. Yes, the tome should likely be fired to preserve the secrets it revealed. But it also told the personal histories of remarkable men and women. It portrayed a time never again to be seen on the Great Plains. It encapsulated the wisdom of this man called Teacher. Sighing, he withdrew the journal from the fireplace.
Billy Strobaw’s prophecy was proving itself at this very moment. The United States was rending itself to pieces in a terrible war. The Confederates whipped the Union at Manassas and seemed to be winning everywhere. Yet there was no doubt Billy would also be right about the final outcome he’d predicted from his sick bed a year ago.
James rose from
