sentences:  His adoptive parents were killed by Native Americans in retaliation for the U.S. Army cavalry's massacre of their own people.Some time later, a local land baron tried to buy the Wakely property; when Johnny refused to sell, the land baron's hired guns burned down the house.Trying to find his place in this world, Johnny joined the U.S. Cavalry at Fort Rango as a scout, but although accepted by the commanding officer found himself shunned and despised by the soldiers.