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JOHN COLTER—experienced woodsman, resourceful, self-reliant. His prominent facial birthmark resembles a hawk in flight. His strict moral code compels him to keep his promises — often to his own detriment. He joins the Lewis and Clark Expedition to get away from one problem only to wind up teamed with the insufferable George Shannon and at the mercy of ruthless Sergeant John Ordway . . .

GEORGE SHANNON—naïve and inexperienced to a fault with an immobilizing fear of water and a penchant for taking the wrong fork in the trail. He joins the Expedition with dreams of glory that alienate the crew, including Colter, the man charged with keeping him out of trouble . . .

George Shannon

FRAGRANT GRASS—recently-widowed Mandan woman with a distinctive streak of white in her black hair. She overcomes Colter’s hatred of Indians but ends up turning her own people against her . . .

JOSIAH HARTLEY—a deranged and unscrupulous preacher, driven by the promised rewards of riches, a permanent pulpit and the home he has always longed for, he tenaciously tracks John Colter and the Expedition up the uncharted Missouri only to get the one thing he had not counted on . . .

Josiah Hartley

SERGEANT JOHN ORDWAY—determined to prove his worth to the leaders of the Expedition, he singles Colter out to use as a disciplinary example for the whole crew. Colter, however, has other ideas, resulting in a violent clash of wills . . .

MCBAIN—a gambler and opportunist with no first name, a secretive past and a volatile disposition that is charming one minute and treacherous the next; he sees nothing wrong with using others to do the dirty work while he collects the spoils . . .

McBain

"Shining Mountains, Western Sea" by Margaret Wyman

Part One — BEGINNINGS		1
1	Ma	3
2	Boy Soldier	12
3	Vengeance	16
4	Strange Goodbyes	25
5	Sarah’s Ploy	33
6	Two Roads to Maysville	37
7	Dirty Tricks	49
8	Kate’s House of Pleasure	56
9	A Gathering of Misfits	64
10	Making the Cut	88
11	Peckerwood	99

Part Two — RECRUITS		105
1	Blisters and Sweat	107
2	Sendoff	116
3	Water Demons	120
4	Longings	130
5	A Face for a Snake	134
6	Fort Kaskaskia	140
7	Betrayal	143
8	Camp du Bois	152
9	Grog	156
10	A Trap is Laid	167
11	Risen from the Dead	172
12	Writing in the Snow	174
13	Pox	178
14	Rousted	183
15	Decisions	186
16	The Devil Must Die	189
17	First Blood	195
18	Under Way — At Last!	199

Part Three — INTO THE WEST		201
1	Lessons Unlearned	203
2	A Tempting Offer	209
3	The Adventure Begins	218
4	Cordelle into Hell	225
5	Battle Lines	232
6	Deserter	238
7	Opportunity Lost	245
8	Hungry Pursuit	254
9	Too Stubborn to Die	263
10	Teton Sioux	272
11	Celebration?	282
12	Running Siege	292
13	Arikara	297

Part Four — MANDAN WINTER		303
1	Fragrant Grass	305
2	Drooler	310
3	Fort Mandan	317
4	Dreams of Matootonha	325
5	1805	334
6	Calling the Buffalo	340
7	Slipping Around	352
8	Sacajawea’s Baby	360
9	Liberty	363
10	Sly Wolf’s Bargain	369
11	Enslavement	380
12	Sad Farewell	384
13	Change of Heart	394

Part 5 — SHINING MOUNTAINS, WESTERN SEA		399
1	Bear Fever	401
2	Babies	409
3	Braggart	412
4	Two Forks of the Missouri	418
5	Hartley Meets Fragrant Grass	427
6	The Great Falls	431
7	Little Mother	445
8	Eating Crow	448
9	Experiment	450
10	Searching for Shoshones	455
11	Murderous Intent	459
12	Miracle!	465
13	The Hungry Trail of the Pierced-Nose People	474
14	Food from a Baby	481
15	Last Leg	492
16	Around Celilo Falls — Portage	500
17	Big Water	510
18	Ain’t Worth Squat	516
19	Ocian in sight. Oh, the joy!	524
20	Gumption	529

Part Six — CLATSOP WINTER		533
1	Rot	535
2	A Ticket Home	543
3	Tit-for-Tat	552

CONTENTS

Ma

Camp du Bois

Under Way — At Last!

Sacajawea’s Baby

Eating Crow