Devil´s Pass was an old trading route that ran through the state. The two main connecting towns to his by way of Black Foot and Tender Foot. He had heard that bad things had happened at Black Foot.
The local Sheriff, called Bean, had been caught red-handed playing nursemaid to a group of Confederate soldiers still fighting a war that was over a few months ago. No sir, there was no way that Santi would be riding through Black Foot. Sheriff Bean hated Mexicans. His town, Pecan Township, was peaceful when he left seven years before. Now, he could only guess.