Ben Savard, who is introduced in book five of the Wilderness novels, is a native of New Orleans. His father was French born and raised; his mother was the daughter of the Choctaw and Seminole nations and African slaves who escaped and claimed freedom in the southern Florida swamplands, often among the tribes.… Read more.
Readers first meet Henry Savard as a young boy, at his home in New Orleans where his father, Dr. , founded a . His mother is Julia Valentine Livingston Savard, originally of a Quaker family in Manhattan. Her first marriage ended when her husband died in a shipwreck; her second marriage to Paul Savard came about when they met at her father’s where he was an attending physician.
A free clinic on the rue Dauphine in , also the residence of its owner, Dr. .
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This is an email from a historian regarding Queen of Swords and research on New Orleans:
… Read more.I just finished reading your latest installment of the Wilderness series, and as always, enjoyed it quite a bit. I was curious as to what sources you consulted for your discussion of Indians in New Orleans.
One member of the historical Livingston family – politically and socially quite powerful in the early 19th century in New York City – plays a minor role in the Wilderness series. Edward Livingston, a lawyer originally of New York City, and his wife, , originally of the Sugar Islands appear in Queen of Swords as prominent residents of New Orleans.… Read more.
| Dates | 1784- |
| Other names | Hannah Bonner, aka Hannah Scott, or Walks-Ahead by the , her mother’s people, or Walking-Woman by the Seneca, her first husband’s. Further known as Hannah Savard after she marries a second time. As a child her Kanien’kéha girl name was Squirrel. |
Much of Queen of Swords takes place in New Orleans just as the was ending. This short excerpt takes place as enters the city for the first time, and alone:
Jean-Benoît Savard, also called Ben, also called Waking-Bear by the Choctaw.
Son of Jean-Baptiste Savard and Amélie Savard, FWC
Amélie Savard’s parents were Joan Ahapopka, half Choctaw/half Seminole and Manute Garang originally of the Dinka people of the South Sudan, a slave
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This article concerns the French community in Manhattan. There were similar communities in other places, particularly in Louisiana, relevant to Queen of Swords.
… Read more.“In 1851 over 20,000 French immigrants arrived in the United States and the French newspaper, Le Republican, began to be published in New York.
Note: This is the elder Paul Savard; he has a grandson by the same name.
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