Una was a beautiful Cherokee girl. Her name meant "Remember," and she did remember the smallest details of not only her own life, but the details of those who lived in the green valley that had been the home of the Cherokee since the beginning of time.

Una remembered all the battles and births and deaths. She remembered the best and the worst of times. She remembered everything.

Una was smaller than the other girls her age, and she had beautiful hair that hung to her waist. Everyone admired her beautiful hair. Sometimes she let it hang loose and blow in the wind, sometimes she braided it an...