Soldiers come into the mountains of North Carolina to take the Cherokee to a reservation in Oklahoma, disrupting the quiet farm life of Tsali and his family. Tsalis natural instinct to protect his family leads to the death of a soldier. Is Tsali a killer? Will he be a martyr? As with other historical figures like Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, and Johnny Appleseed, we often make our heroes more than human. So is the story of Tsali.

Soldiers come into the mountains of North Carolina to take the Cherokee to a reservation in Oklahoma, disrupting the quiet farm life of Tsali and his family. Tsalis natural instinct to protect his family leads to the death of a soldier. Is Tsali a killer? Will he be a martyr? As with other historical figures like Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, and Johnny Appleseed, we often make our heroes more than human. So is the story of Tsali.