This story begins by introducing the main character, True Son. He was taken by the Lenni Lenape tribe when he was four years old. He is about fifteen years old and was adopted eleven years earlier by an Indian family. Although he is a white boy, all he believes in and lives for is his Indian culture. His father, Cuyloga raised him as his won because he lost a son years ago. He taught him the way of an Indian in their village. He spoke to him and taught him the language. True Son believes that being an Indian is the only way of life.