Treasure

By Anne M. Ogle

Joseph Olivier, a white Cajun boy dug into a tree hole with his knife, while his two friends, Louis Brossard, a Negro and Peter Petchylnn, a Choctaw Indian watched on an early April morning in 1865 in Lafourche Crossing near Bayou Lafourche in Louisiana.
“Tell me again, Joseph, why are we doing this? Shouldn’t we be watching out for Union patrols?”
Joseph sighed. “This is why I’m doing this. I’m trying to retrieve the heirlooms that the Confederate soldiers concealed before they went into battle.”
Joseph pulled out an old dirty handkerchief from the tree. Inside was a gold ring. Joseph stepped back to read the inscription on the ring in the pale light and stumbled over what looked like a log covered with leaves.
The log shrieked.
Peter notched his bow with an arrow and pointed it at the creature.
Louis hid behind a hackberry tree. “It is Loup Garou?” he asked.
Peter poked the creature with his bow.
The creature screeched.
Peter scraped some leaves off the creature. “It is not a werewolf, Louis. It is worse.”
“What cold be worse than Loup Garou? asked Louis.
“He is a wounded Union officer.,” whispered Peter. “What do you want to do?” asked Peter as he looked at Joseph.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 20, 2019
• ISBN: 9781796054002

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Copyright © 2019 by Anne M. Ogle.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2019912280

ISBN:       Hardcover       978-1-7960-5402-6

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CONTENTS

List of Characters

Chapter 1 Search for Confederate Heirloom

Chapter 2 Wounded Union Officer

Chapter 3 Major Phillip Sheridan

Chapter 4 Noise in the Cabin

Chapter 5 Mama Marie

Chapter 6 Treasure Chest

Chapter 7 Carpetbagger

Chapter 8 Good-Byes

Glossary

For Judy Olivier

You have plenty of courage, I am sure, answered Oz. All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.

—L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

List of Characters

Chapter One:

Joseph Olivier is a fifteen-year-old Cajun white boy.

Louis Brossard is a fourteen-year-old Negro boy.

Peter Pitchlynn is a sixteen-year-old Choctaw Indian.

Chapter Two:

Elizabeth Olivier is the mother of Joseph Olivier and the wife of Louis Olivier.

Chapter Three:

Major Phillip Sheridan is a career officer in the American army.

Sergeant Sean O’Hara is a Union soldier.

Chapter Four:

Sergeant Caster Wiley is a Union soldier.

Louis Olivier is the father of Joseph Olivier.

Chapter Five:

Mama Marie is a Hoodoo healer.

Chapter Six:

Captain Daniel Hawthorne is a wounded Union officer.