Del Norte Public Library

Rich with vivid historical detail and thrilling adventures, The Legend of the Painted Horse is the unforgettable conclusion to the epic trilogy of mountain man, outlaw, and Indian scout Cat Brules. The novel evokes one man's struggle to bring together the old and new worlds and to carve a place in American history for himself--and for his beloved grandfather.

Smoke Jensen saddled up and didn't stop until he reached his wife's side. She had been shot 3 times and lay close to death. He knew the outlaws had come to kill him and was going after them.

More than four hundred drawings accompany descriptions and historical background on hundreds of iron artifacts used by mountain men from the early 1800s to the mid-1840s, covering shotguns, rifles, hatchets, axes, knives, traps, and other tools.

Smoke Jensen has tried to make peace with the land--and the past. But trying to outrun a reputation as a fearless gunslinger in the wilds of Colorado can be life's toughest game. This time it's calling Smoke to the restless Wyoming range, to fight the bloodiest private war in American history.

Young Josiah Paddock flees his past in St. Louis, but his present in the Teton Mountains during winter doesn't look promising until he hooks up with Ol' Scratch, a solitary mountain man who teaches Josiah how to survive in the land of Blackfeet and Crow, pioneers and sensual women.

"When greed overtakes men's souls, it falls to the righteous mountaineer known as Preacher to rain fire and brimstone upon them from the barrels of his guns . . . Preacher has agreed to escort Barnaby Cooper through Dakota Territory's hills to establish a trading post. Accompanied by his friends Lorenzo and Tall Dog, the mountain man hopes they'll be able to protect Cooper from Sioux warriors who don't want any white man trespassing on their sacred...

"In the Montana Territory, a band of Assiniboine Indians gives Preacher shelter for the winter. But across the border Preacher's old enemy, Willie Deaver, plies another tribe with whiskey, guns and bullets--then directs them to tey out their killing tools on the Assiniboine. The raid reaps a harvest of death, bloodshed, and captives, and Deaver is delighted to learn that Preacher is among the fallen. But in the driving snow, with a handful of survivors,...

Jed and Mule are trading whiskey to the Indians for beaver pews when they are asked by the army to attempt to stop a possible war with the Sioux by returning two woman captives to them. Unknown to the two mountain men, the women are the wife and daughter of the Sioux chief, Bull Buffalo.