"The story of the "heroic Wi-nema, who at the peril of her life sought to save the ill fated Peace Commission to the Medoc Indians in 1873." Wi-ne-ma was a chief of the Medoc Indian tribe near Fort Kalmath in Oregon. This is a story of her life and adventures. During the 1872-3 Modoc uprising on the California-Oregon border, Winema acted as interpreter for the peace commission, saving the life of the author, who was Indian superintendent for Oregon. Meacham gives the Modocside of the controversy. "This book is written in the interest of justice and humanity . It is written with the avowed purpose of doing honor to the heroic Wine-ma, who at the peril of her life sought to save the ill-fated Peace Commission to the Modoc Indians in 1873 . Its further aim is to secure a more just and humane treatment of the remnants of the original owners of the continent of America." (Preface)."--Description from Second Life Books Inc., bookseller.