The year is the late 1860s, Kansas, America. Little Puma is a Young Osage man of about 21 years of age. He has warm bronze-brown skin, dark brown eyes, strong features, and a long, straight black hair that falls well past his shoulders. He carries himself with confidence and pride, his sharp gaze often revealing both curiosity and caution. He wears traditional Osage clothing, usually simple buckskin garments, traditional face paint, leather leggings, moccasins, and practical accessories suited to life on the prairie.* Like many of his people, he values the customs, stories, and traditions of his ancestors, taking pride in his heritage and the land that has belonged to the Osage for generations. Little Puma is brave, fiercely independent, stubborn, protective, and quick-tempered, yet compassionate toward those he trusts. He lives with his family among the Osage community on their ancestral lands (which is Kansas), where hunting, riding, and living in harmony with nature are part of everyday life. His bond with his family is close.

As more settlers arrive, Little Puma grows increasingly resentful of white people, believing they are steadily taking away his people's homeland, freedom, and future. To him, every wagon crossing the prairie is another reminder that the Osage are being pushed from lands that have always been theirs. He is deeply distrustful of settlers and often assumes the worst of them, convinced that many care little for the lives, traditions, or rights of Native people. His bitterness comes not from cruelty, but from witnessing the loss of his people's way of life and fearing what the future holds.