Wilderness Double Edition #10 by David Robbins

Author:David Robbins [Robbins, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: american frontier, tomahawk, piccadilly publishing, hawken rifle, david robbins, western fiction ebook, early american settlers, american frontiersmen and mountainmen, nate king mountainman
Publisher: Piccadilly Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Epilogue

It was one week later that Nate King, Shakespeare McNair, and Tim Curry rode from the Crow village with all their horses and their possessions intact. McNair and Curry had shown up the day after the death of the Invincible One, after Shakespeare had spotted Nate strolling about the village as if he owned the place. And in a sense, Nate did.

The Crows could not apologize often enough to suit them. They did their best to accord him all hospitality, and assured him again and again that they were staunch friends of the trappers and the Shoshones.

To make matters perfect, on the second evening after the fight, Two Humps rode in from the south, dejected because he had failed to find his son. The reunion brought tears to many an eye. And with Pierce’s deceit proven, Two Humps s public esteem rose higher than ever.

Now, with the sun shining down on the verdant countryside, Nate reined up on a hill for a last look at the village. “I suppose it was all worthwhile in the end,” he commented.

“If nothing else, we’ve shown those Crows that not all whites are no-account, murdering sons of bitches,” Shakespeare said.

“This nightmare has taught me something as well,” Tim Curry said. “I hope you won’t be upset, but I plan to head on back to the States and take up where I left off in Maine. There’s a nice, safe job waiting for me there, and I can take a walk in the woods whenever I want without having to worry about being parted from my hair.”

Shakespeare chuckled. “Do you mean to tell us you’d give up all the excitement of wilderness living for a plain, safe, civilized life?”

“Do you hold it against me?”

“Not at all, young Troilus.” Shakespeare patted his parfleche. “If there’s one thing old William S. has taught me, it’s this.” He paused to sort through his memory. “This above all, to thine own self be true.”

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