An excerpt from Delivery Delayed, Book IV in the Tales of Chetzemoka.
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"…It had taken years of awkward misunderstandings before he felt like he was even beginning to understand the complex diversity of all the different kinds of Indians who lived here —why some tribes were nervous around others, and why still other Indians looked virtually indistinguishable from whites. When he'd first sailed to the islands on the northern sound he'd assumed the settlers' wives were immigrants like himself, but from the warmer countries of Europe —mail-order brides from Italy or Spain, perhaps, or even Greece or Hungary. He'd praised their English fluency (so much better than his own), but they'd only seemed irritated by his compliments. They'd been sincerely amused when he'd asked about their homelands.
"I'm from here," they would always tell him.
"But where were you born?" Isaac would persist.
"Just a little north (or a little south) of here."
Assuming his own poor English was failing him, he would try again. "But —your people? Where are your people from?"
And the answer would always remain the same, although it lost a trifle of its patience after a while…"
Photos from Native American Wives of San Juan Settlers by Karen Jones-Lamb.
Praise for Delivery Delayed:
"Reading this 4th book in Sarah Chrisman's Victorian Cycling Series is like welcoming old friends in for a visit. The research and attention to details Ms. Chrisman puts into each book makes reading them a delight and gives us a chance to glance into our Victorian ancestor's lives. Getting to know my dear friends better with each book as their personalities are revealed and new friends are introduced make this a sweet book to read, as unique as the era it is set in. I look forward to the next book!! Please keep writing your books, Ms. Chrisman, you have such a special talent!"
—USCG Mom
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