title: Superstition Wilderness Trails West: Hikes, Horse Rides, and History
author:  Jack Carlson 
description: Benjamin Franklin Awards - Silver Award for Best History Book - 2013 --Independent Book Publishers Association
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  #  Chapter 1
  
  
  Summer, 1878
  
  
  Dakota Territories
  
  
  
  
  
  A storm was brewing; Silas Miller could smell it. He scanned the darkening
  horizon from the back of his slowly moving horse, a recent acquisition after
  his long-time mount had broken its leg in a prairie dog hole just over a week
  ago. He and Heck had been engaged in settling a bet by seeing who could beat
  the other across one of the multitude of small valleys in this part of the
  state. He and the horse had yet to come to complete agreement as to who was
  boss, and already Silas greatly regretted the moment of foolishness that had
  cost him the best mount he'd ever had. His new mount was dark brown with
  several small patches of white, and had already proven himself slower than
  Silas liked. If there was trouble, he wanted to be able to get out of the area
  quickly.
  
  
  The older of the pair of riders, Silas had brown hair that was showing signs
  of silver. H