The Adventures of Captain Bonneville Chapter 40

In which Captain Bonneville and his band experience the uneasy presence of lurking Blackfoot enemies, interpreted through the superstitions and warnings of the Delaware Indian Buckeye, amid the lively revelries and supply arrivals at their mountain rendezvous. The captain prepares for the coming year’s ventures, setting out different parties for distant trapping grounds while intelligence arrives of a fellow adventurer’s approach, promising new endeavours along the Columbia River.