The Traveler by Don Coldsmith (The Spanish Bit Super Edition, Good, 1991, Pbk, 327 pages, Bantam Books)

In good condition: cover and pages have light wear; pages are very lightly age-toned; pages are unmarked. ISBN 0553288687

In childhood his name was Woodpecker. Now, he is the Storyteller, weaving long-ago tales and trading as he traverses the lands of the People. Married to the beautiful Plum Leaf, the Storyteller sets out on the great adventure that will be his own life. He witnesses the changes the white men have brought - the taking of scalps, the preying of brother upon brother, the knives made of shiny, smooth metal.

He journeys far and wide, to the land of the buffalo and to the heart of an enchanting young captive named Pale Star, who will be his shining light and destiny in the dark days ahead. He is known by many names to those he meets in the wilderness: Storyteller, trader, Traveler - and one day he will become a legend as the half-man, half-spirit called the Watcher.  

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.