text: After being released from his time with Ta-Kumsaw , an Indian leader who taught Alvin the ways of Indian people , the young boy sets out to start his apprenticeship as a Smith in the town where he was born .
simplified: After being released from his time with Ta-Kumsaw , an Indian leader who taught Alvin the ways of Indian people , he sets out to start his apprenticeship as a Smith in the town where he was born .