Nate Grisham (Book 2: Renegade Trapper

Nate Grisham, Black Mountain Man When fellow trapper, Coon Turner, turns renegade killer to steal the plew of his friends, Nate and Cotton decide justice must be served. Coon knows if he can reach Missouri Territory, where the US law has no jurisdiction, he'll be a free man. Gathering up some men, he moves west once more, trading guns and whiskey to the Indians. Coon butchers his own men, one by one on the way to Missouri. Coon hopes to escape his trackers, but soon he's visited by two mountain men, one white and the other black, both determined to kill him.