Gary McMillan

Tye Watkins has many skills, skills he used to face the likes of Yahzie, Yancy and El Diablo. Without them, things more that likely would have turned out for the worse for him and those around him. But he didn't just pick these skills up over the years. These were specific skills. Skills needed tosurvive and protect homesteaders from the outlaws an natives that roamed the lands of early southern Texas. Skills his father passed on to him. This is the first book in a series chronicaling Ben Watkins, and his andventures in the Rockies, where he refined the things he would later pass onto his son, Tye.

Collection of short storiesIn Laredo, Tye was sent to see what was going on between sheep men and the cowmen. A bank robbery in San Angelina resulted in several citizens being killed, including the Post Commander's son-in-law at nearby Fort Concho. Tye takes his badge off, he has business that no lawman should be a part of. Follow Ben Watkin's, Tye's father, from St Louis where as a teenager he makes his way to the Rockies to become a Mountain Man.

This is book three of the thrilling Tye Watkins series and it continues the exciting adventures of the Chief of Scouts of Fort Clark located at Brackettville, Texas The Mexicans appeared around the bend just as Tye looked back. The two lead riders reined up so suddently the horses behind collided into the rear. The men closest to Tye looked around and saw no others. "Gringo, what you doing here?" the Mexican asked. "Looking for you." "Why you looking for me?" Tye looked the man in the eyes, "I think you and your men did some killin back in Brackett." The Mexican chuckled. "You funny man gringo." he looked around. "There are six of us and one of you." All of them shared a laugh, then turned to the lone rider. "Before we kill you, what's your name?" ".... Tye Watkins."