Dakota Trails by Robert McKee

Author:Robert McKee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: western frontier fiction, western action adventure romance, western action adventure, western action fiction, western 1880s
Publisher: Pen-L Publishing

After breakfast the next morning, Neil helped the three men load their gear. None of them would be returning to camp. The chief and Sees Ahead would go north to Canada, and Cody would head down to Cheyenne, where he was to meet some bankers from the East. They had hired the ex-scout to lead them on a hunt in the Snowy Range Mountains west of Laramie. Neil suspected that not only would Cody guide their hunt, but he would also point out how wise it would be for the bankers to invest in a thrilling new kind of show that depicted the great Wild West.

“It’s been an honor to meet you, sir,” Neil said as he and Katie watched Cody saddle his horse.

“Same here, Neil.” He turned toward Katie, and his bushy eyebrows went up. “And you, too, Katie.” With a smile, he added, “Who’d’ve thought we’d run across a beauty like you out here on the plains of Dakota? The odds were stacked against it, that’s for sure.” He finished with his cinch and then said, “I plan on havin’ lots of women in the show, too, if you’re interested.”

“Well, I just might be,” Katie said, returning Bill’s smile. “What do you think I’d be suited for?”

Neil figured the glib showman would have a clever answer to a question like that, but before he could give it, Neil said, “I’m going to say good bye to Sees Ahead and the chief while you two talk business.”

He still had no talent for telling when Katie was lying, but he suspected that was just what she was doing now. Acting in shows would never appeal to her. She got enough of that in real life. Besides, Neil figured that once they found the gold, Katie Burke would do little more than sleep until noon on satin sheets in the finest hotels around.

“Sees Ahead,” Neil called out as he crossed the camp to where the Indians were watering their horses and preparing to leave. “I wanted to thank you and the chief for all your help. I figure by now I’d be either dead or close to it if it weren’t for the two of you.”

Sees Ahead smiled and nodded. The chief reached over and untied the thongs that held the buckskin and smelly poultice onto Neil’s arm. He examined the wound and then said something to the young Indian.

“Chief says that he has given salve to your woman. Keep the wound salved and covered for one week, and then take buckskin off and let the air get to it.”

“All right,” Neil said, “I sure will.”

The chief said something more, and Sees Ahead interpreted. “You will have thick ...” He searched for the word. “I don’t know what you call it,” he said. “Crust over wound.”

“Scab?” Neil suggested.

“Yes, scab. You will have a thick scab over the wound that will be there for a long time. When it goes away, you will have a scar that will be there forever.”

“I figured that much, but it doesn’t matter.

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