Traveler (The) - A Spanish Bit Super Edition

New York: Bantam Books, 1991. 9th Printing . Mass Market Paperback. Fine. March 1991 325 pages A Spanish Bit Super Edition. Set in the Great Plains in the 17th century Don Coldsmiths novel re-creates the lives of a band of Native Americans who face a crucial turning point in history. Times are changing as the Sky-eyes penetrate the vast lands of the People, bringing dangerous new ways, and threatening to destroy the old ways forever. In childhood his name was Woodpeckeer. 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 uupon 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 name Pale Star, whoo be his shing light and destiny in the dark days ahead. He is known lby 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.