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Daughter
of Shiloh
Written by
Ilene Shepard Smiddy
Edited by
Laura Coy Volner
CCB Publishing
British Columbia, Canada
Daughter of Shiloh
Copyright ©2000, 2014 by Ilene Shepard Smiddy
ISBN-13 978-1-77143-125-5
Second Edition
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Smiddy, Ilene Shepard, 1933-, author
Daughter of Shiloh / written by Ilene Shepard Smiddy; edited by Laura Coy Volner. – Second edition.
Issued in electronic format.
ISBN 978-1-77143-125-5 (pdf)
Additional cataloguing data available from Library and Archives Canada
Previously published in print format by 1st Books Library.
Disclaimer: This is a work of historical fiction. It is based on actual events and characters, but many of the motives and relationships in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the express written permission from the publisher.
Publisher:
CCB Publishing
British Columbia, Canada
In this America, this wilderness.
Where the axe echoes with a lonely sound.
The generations labor to possess.
And grave by grave we civilize the ground.
Louis Simpson
This book is dedicated to the Glory of God, and to the
descendants of Clarinda Allington and Chief Chulio Shoe Boots.
Acknowledgments
To all of my family and a long list of dear friends who helped to make this book possible by their love, encouragement, support and generous acts of kindness, I am deeply and humbly grateful. And yes, it is finally finished.
Ilene Shepard Smiddy
Introduction
This book is a historical novel based on the life of Clarinda Allington. Captured by Indians at age twelve, she lived almost twelve years with the Cherokee.
Clarinda married a Cherokee chief named Chulio Shoe Boots, whom she thought to be her savior. Clarinda’s principal desire was to get back to her family in Kentucky.
Research into the archives of the
