A French boy chosen by father to travel from British territory to French territory in the new United States to buy a home. He saves Spanish boy from Indians with gold but managed to recover the gold. He goes from a boy to a man. Young Adult, boy read, early eighties in high school.
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I want to put more info out there in hopes it can be solved. The story starts out with a father being hassled by British soldiers and he is French. He decides he has to move his family to the French territories which in the future will become the Louisiana purchase. He has two sons his youngest son is quick and seems to move like lightning but doesn’t really get anything done. His older son move study ensure it gets a lot done but the father does not see this. His other son is too young to send on this trip so he chooses his older son. His son starts out with the gold that his family has gotten from the sale of their possessions and heads west. He had many adventures and things that come up that he wants to deal with and stand on his own 2 feet. The man so traveling that way that he is going to see that he is becoming a man in his own right. Almost to the destination he comes across some Indians that are friendly to them because their French but have it in their captivity a Spanish boy who I believe is named Philip or something like that. The French boy cannot see the orange remain where he is because he is going to be tortured and killed. He manages convince Indian chief to take the gold he has and other supplies and trade. French settlement and comes crossed perfect farm and home for his family but he doesn’t have the money. He goes back to where he had the Indians release the Spanish boy and searches to see if you can find anything. He happens to come across the bag that the Indian chief put the money in that have broken off. He was able to successfully by the new home for his family .