Wetzel, the Scout : Western Novel: The Captives of the Wilderness

Wetzel, the Scout is set in the Ohio River valley where the Shawnee Indian tribe lived. It begins when Captain Parks angrily accuses his black slave, Pompey, of discharging a rifle. This has made Parks very angry and left Pompey very fearful. They are on their way to meet a flatboat that is sailing down the Ohio River where the real adventure awaits.