Don Coldsmith

Snakewater, the oldest Cherokee in her village, serves as the tribal shaman until a young woman, grieving over the death of her infant, blames the elderly woman for the death, a case that is complicated when a warrior dies by his own knife in her hut and his brother mysteriously drowns in the latest installment in the popular Spanish Bit saga.

Don Pedro Garcia believes the drunken Captain Sanchez' claim that the Don's only son is still alive and living among the savages in New Spain's uncharted wilderness.

The conquistador, Juan Garcia, while riding on a lone patrol was injured and lost. Juan had little hope of surviving or ever returning to his homeland, until he discovered a people who showed him a new way of life. And in return, he brought them a talisman, the Spanish bit, that forever transformed their society.