Massacre at Idyll Valley by David Watts

Author:David Watts
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Dusty Saddle Publishing
Published: 2018-11-13T05:00:00+00:00

EIGHTEEN

Galen and Sabo made it back to the trail and stopped to consider their situation. Turn left, go back home. Turn right, go toward Capstone Canyon. “What are you thinking?” said Sabo.

“I’d sure like to know more about their hideout. I’d like to be certain they’re there.”

“They’re there. The Tribal Leaders know that. Their scouts keep them up to date almost daily. And as for the geography of the place the Apache know every inch.”

Galen wasn’t satisfied. “So, suppose we go back home and while we are sitting there they start to move? We wouldn’t know about it until they were breathing down our necks.”

“It’s not likely they have a reason to attack us. They typically rob stage coaches. We don’t have a stage coach stop.”

Galen turned his head left. Turned back right. He looked down at the ground and took a deep breath. “It’s dangerous if we get close to the hideout. I know that. And I agree, I don’t know why they would have a reason to attack Possum Trot, but I have a suspicion, maybe it’s my intuition, they might.”

Sabo wrinkled his brow. “But if you get killed spying on their hideout, not only would they have even more of a reason to attack your home town but you wouldn’t be there to defend it.”

Galen took off his hat. Scratched his head. Spat in the dirt.

“I know you’re fast and accurate,” said Sabo, “but you’re no match for twenty or thirty men.”

Sabo watched Galen struggle with his situation. Felt anguish radiating from him. “I have an idea,” he said.

Galen turned to Sabo. “I could hear an idea.”

Sabo stood in his stirrups and sat again. “I got along with the Apache pretty well. I speak their language. I’m half Indian. The reason we had to leave is. . . well, it’s against their culture to have a white man overnight in their camp.”

Galen nodded.

“But I could go back to their settlement. I could speak to the leaders and perhaps they’d let me stay in camp or nearby somewhere. Then I could get information from their scouts or even go with them from time to time to watch the activities in camp. You can tell a lot by the kind of motions people make within a camp. It’s obvious when they’re gearing up for a raid. If something looks dangerous I could come back and warn you.”

Galen nodded. A worried look crossed his face. “Sure you want to do this?”

“It would feel like going home.”

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