Chapter 13
Tracking the Tiny Spider
Talon maintained his trek north for most of the next day. He didn’t know how far north he should go before heading more west again. He wanted to land in the Idaho territory far enough north to find the people with the spotted horses, the ones they called the Nez Perce, but still come in under the Blackfoot nation.
Times had changed and there was a new way of thinking now. Indians had, for the most part, stopped warring. That was good to know, but not enough to cause him to want to take any chances.
By afternoon, the lay of the land had started to push him farther west. The little ridges he had been using were hiding small dry valleys. The little valleys were easier to travel in than crossing from ridge to ridge on a more northern route. He judged by
