An act of mercy.The shadows were long, the sky was smeared with bloody hues, and the sun was about to set behind the canyons, freeing those barren lands of its presence. A presence that had been particularly oppressive that day.
In the aftermath of the Redskin attack, the Mexican Springs tenants were working to implement their counteroffensive.
Richard Keen was right: the tribe lived in an encampment overlooking the entrance to a large natural cave which they then used as shelter during the night. The cave went into the vertical wall of a gorge. Many feet above its access, a huge spike of rock jutted out, such as to cast a beautiful shadow even when the sun was down.
Rick and Joe were standing on a ridge from which there was a good view of the camp below. Finn was also with them. It was
