Chapters 28-30 Summary

They were pass the Yellowstone and meet the Three Forks and still there were no signs of the Blackfoot. They should have returned to the river by this time. The group moves on looking for the Indians. Since there were still no Indians no Indians at the Three Forks, they went upstream to where the Madison and Jefferson came together and find no Indians, just deserted villages.

The group comes to a village with a horrible smell. The village is full of deal Indians. Poordevil tells them that it is smallpox. Boone says that the whole Blackfoot Nation can't be dead. They traveled on and saw a man with a horse. He asks the Indian about Heavy Otter and then has Poordevil ask. The Indian tells them that a boat brought the sickness and the Blackfoot fled, including Heavy Otter who...