Sgt. Moses Williams of the Ninth Cavalry Regiment is an ex-slave, a Civil War veteran, and now a Buffalo Soldier, a horseback fighter in the white man's campaign to eradicate the Indian and occupy his ancient tribal lands. The Ninth Cavalry has one assignment: hunting and killing Apaches in the Black Range--the "faraway blue" mountains of southeastern New Mexico Territory. Moses' particular nemesis is Nana, the old Warm Springs Apache chief, a tactical genius who leads his tiny band of followers in strike after strike on mining camps and settlements, then vanishes like a wraith into the trackless hills separating new and old Mexico. Moses has caught glimpses of Nana, and Nana, although dim-eyed with age, has seen the stripes on the arm of the man who is dogging his trail. Both know
… read more...they are destined to meet before the war ends. It is a maddening cat-and-mouse pursuit, and Moses Williams is able to keep his sanity only because his love for Sheela Jones, the beautiful young mulatto woman he wishes to marry--when the army will permit it. Her love for Moses leads her to take a desperate chance when he marches out for his final meeting with Nana. Faraway Blue is based on the real-life exploits of Moses Williams, a Medal of Honor-winning Buffalo Soldier, and on the last days of the great Nana, perhaps the finest tactician and fighting man produced by the Apache. Read More read less...