The Red Bird and the Devil

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The Red Bird and the Devil is the story of Henry Woodward's remarkable life as Carolina's first Indian trader and his role in settling the colony. There, he lived with the Native Americans, the only Englishman in four hundred miles. Held prisoner by the Spanish in St. Augustine and rescued in a daring raid, he served as a surgeon ion a buccaneer ship, was shipwrecked in a hurricane, and miraculously ended up back in Carolina Colony as one of its first settlers.Overcoming political intrigue, personal loss, and physical hardship, Henry became one of the most important figures in the colony. His legacy is tangled -- was he a friend or a foe of the Native Americans? Was he a pawn of the ruthless English Lords Proprietors who owned the colony,, America's first frontiersman, or both?