I know you have never heard of the Snow People. We are American Indians. Our tribes were dispersed, and our land was stolen by the United States Indian Commission two hundred years ago. But the Snow People stayed close to the land Where We Were Born.

At first, we hid in the mountains.
But in the winter many of us died from the cold. So, we rented ourselves out to work for the American settlers for the privilege of staying on our land, working the land, and having food and warm places to sleep in the winter for our families. We traveled in packs like wolves. Many of the old ones were shapeshifters. That is why the American government could not destroy us. They couldn't find us.

Our specialty was corn. We grew the most beautiful corn the colonists had ever caught a glimpse of. Therefore, the settlers became complicit in our survival. Because we were excellent Farmers, Planters, and Harvesters.

We were clean, quiet, and orderly people who could enrich the earth and grow beautiful crops.

So when the government came looking for Renegade Indians, the colonists would say they never saw any. We were flawless farmers. So, when the railroads came, many of the settlers we worked with...