It is 1846, the year of the Mexican war. Ray Dobbs, a retired fur trapper and mountain man, has been engaged to guide an English nobleman's party on a hunting expedition in the North American wilderness. Ray is to meet the nobleman, Lord Edwin, and his entourage at the hunting grounds, a large basin deep in the Rocky Mountains known as Bayou Salade, present day South Park, Colorado. Ray's initial task is to bring fifty horses and a wagon load of arms, ammunition and supplies from St. Louis to the Bayou. As they traverse the prairie Ray and his native partner, Crowbait, are blessed with a...

It is 1846, the year of the Mexican war. Lord Edwin of Drumcliffe comes from Ireland to the American frontier by way of Mexico City on a failed mission for Queen Victoria. His son, Percival, is to be made a man on this venture. Ouray, a young Ute, guides the final leg from Santa Fe to the hunting grounds, a large basin deep in the Rocky Mountains known as Bayou Salade, present day South Park, Colorado, a province of the Ute nation. On the way Percival receives a severe head injury. Percival's manservant and companion, Young Tom, dotes. Ray Dobbs, a retired trapper mountain man and guide has...

It is 1846, the year of the Mexican war. Ray Dobbs, a retired trapper mountain man is guiding the Earl of Drumcliffe and his entourage on a frontier hunting expedition at a large basin deep in the Rocky Mountains known as Bayou Salade, present day South Park, Colorado. The resident Ute nation is alarmed at the efficiency of the Earl's killing and takes steps to foil the hunt. The Earl rejects Ute concerns. Ray summons Army troops to forestall open conflict. The Earl's son Percival and Ouray, the young Ute guide, conspire to blunt the Earl's militancy. Percival, his manservant Young Tom and...

In 1846 the Earl, Lord Edwin of Drumcliffe, brings his son Percival to the American frontier. His purposes are two; to have a spectacular hunt and to make a man of his teenage son. Ray Dobbs, a retired trapper and mountain man, is engaged as guide. The hunting ground is to be a large basin deep in the Rocky Mountains known as Bayou Salade, present day South Park, Colorado, then a province of the Ute nation. As the Earl travels to the Bayou via Mexico City, Ray traverses the prairie bringing horses and supplies. The prairie entrusts Ray with care of an abused runaway teen, an autistic savant,...