Within weeks, over half the tribe lay buried in shallow graves. Cholera had decimated the Wyandotte Nation and there was absolutely nothing they could do to reverse the events.

To say a heavy cloud of anguish had descended upon the tribe was a great understatement. The piercing cries of the mourners reached the heavens yet there was no comfort to be had.

Chief Long Knife was withdrawn, gazing into the flames for hours at a time, Adelaide observing from a ...