Fort De Chastaigne by Don Coldsmith (The Spanish Bit Saga #16, Good, 1991, Pbk, 244 pages, Bantam Books)

In good condition: cover and pages have light wear; pages are very lightly age-toned; pages are unmarked. ISBN 0553294199

In order to establish trade with the Spanish in Santa Fe, the French turn to the People (the Indian tribe) to serve as guides for the hazardous trek. Red Horse and his son, Antelope, agree to escort individuals from a French frontier fortification to Santa Fe, but along the way they encounter a hostile Mandan tribe.

THE SPANISH BIT SAGA: Set in the New World of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Don Coldsmith's acclaimed novels recreate a time, a place, and a people that have been nearly lost to history. In The Spanish Bit Saga we see history in the making through the eyes of those proud Native Americans who lived it.