Daughter of the Mountain Un Cuento Author:Edna Escamill Resisting the onslaught of gringos coming to live in their southwestern border town, Bale and Maggie develop a friendship based on their common struggle. Where they differ is in the possibilities for each of their futures; his, closed by poverty and family tragedy; hers, opend by her relationship with her grandmother, Adela Sewa. A Yaqui Indian,... more » she teaches Maggie the ways of the land and her own form of spirituality as tools for survival. Her stories, or cuentos, of the old days reach back into the nineteenth century, remembering a way of life that has disappeared but can still provide hope and continuity to a displaced people.« less