to collect the cattle and exchange the herd for Scull. The Rangers go to Lonesome Dove in search of cattleman Captain King. Realizing they won't be able to collect that many cattle nor persuade King to sell them, Call and McCrae try to rescue Scull on their own terms. Bitten by a poisonous spider, Ahumado goes South to die. Call and McCrae find Scull going insane in a pit, but they rescue him in time for his nearly total recovery. Scull returns to Austin and later becomes a general with the Union army. Meanwhile, Buffalo Hump banishes his half-Mexican son Blue Duck. Blue Duck goes East and acquires wealth and notoriety as the leader of a gang of bandits. The novel moves more quickly, covering the period leading up to the sequel, Lonesome Dove. Maggie gives birth to Call's son Newt, but Call refuses to acknowledge the boy. Maggie goes to work at the general store, and Jake Spoon moves in with her. The Civil War takes most of the soldiers away from the frontier, enabling the Comanche to push back the white settlers. After the Civil War, Call and McCrae are sent in pursuit of Blue Duck and his band of renegades. Buffalo Hump has gone off to die. When Blue Duck learns of this he pursues his father. The Rangers attack his band, but Blue Duck has already left. He finds his father at his chosen place of death and kills him there. Maggie dies while the Rangers are on this expedition. Characters Woodrow Call — Texas Ranger Gus McCrae — Texas Ranger Clara Allen — Gus's former lover, a storekeeper's daughter Maggie Tilton — Woodrow's lover Inish Scull — Captain, Texas Ranger Inez Scull — wife of Inish Scull Long Bill Coleman — Texas Ranger Jake Spoon — Texas Ranger Pea Eye Parker — Texas Ranger Josh Deets — Texas Ranger Famous Shoes — the Rangers' Kickapoo tracker Buffalo Hump — Comanche war-chief Kicking Wolf — Comanche horse thief Blue Duck — son of Buffalo Hump Ahumado — Mexican bandit and murderer Goyeto — Ahumado's henchman and skinner (humans, not animals) Tana — member of Buffalo Hump's tribe Miniseries A television adaptation of the novel first aired on CBS January 13, January 15, and January 16, 2008. It features actors Karl Urban as Woodrow F. Call, Steve Zahn as Augustus McCrae, Val Kilmer as Inish Scull (often