Woronoke: A Native American Woman's Journey

In 1642, in what would one day be known as Western

Massachusetts, Sepoese a young Native American girl, travels

westward with a handsome warrior and is taken captive by

marauding Mohawk. She learns of a dangerous wolf spirit,

Karonhiara-ken Okwaho who fights for revenge.

She befriends the Mohawk and learns medicinal healing.

Because of the strength she feels within, she takes the name

Woronoke -the winding river, from her homeland. When warring

Abenski attack she goes free but must find the courage to

confront the sinister wolf spirit who bars her journey home.

This story is based on the history of Westfield Massachusetts,

named Woronoco by the Indigenous people. It encompasses the

Pocomtuck Confederacy living in the Connecticut River Valley

and the Mohawk of the Hudson River Valley.