Session 2: In aid of Wovoka

Protagonists:

• Bill : A old (40s) alcoholic Gun slinger
• Trinity:  A young want to be Cowboy, sees himself as the fasted gun in the west
• Silver Hawk : Indian Shaman.  
• Padre : Pentecostal Reverend of some note back East

NPC's

• Sky Hawk : Paiute Shaman (injured)
• Wovoka: Paiute Shaman leader
• Wovoka's Ghost dancers X 4

Antagonists

• Ravenite Indians X 8

 Story

The group follow Sky Hawk appromiately 5 miles south west of the deadwood trail to a small defile, where the creek that eventually flows through Eastmans passes between two large standing rocks known as the Sentinals locally.

In an overconfident manner Bill and Trinity make a frontal assault into the Ravenites who are spotted moving around in the darkness above the defile attempting to get a bearing on the remaining Indians loyal to Wovoka.  The battle is bloody and fierce but fortunately the group suffer no casualties as they defeat the Ravenites.

Wovoka is grateful and offers to break fast with them as the predawn sun begins to slowly rise.  He tells them some of who the Ravenites are and what they are tying to do.  He urges them, if they wish to help as he believes the spirits have guided them to him, to seek out an Indian in Deadwood known as Bull all the Time or Charlie Bull to the white man. .  After issuing rights over the fallen Wovoka and his remaining group head eastwards. 

The Protagonists are informed that if they follow the creek to the north then west it will take them to Eastmans and cut out several miles of needless travel back to the Deadwood trail.  The group do as they are bid and head out.  A couple of miles east of the defile, as the creek reaches the lower lands around the hills, they stumble across a blackend tree stump on the north bank of the creek.  It marks a ford where on investigation the group determine wagons have passed both ways, heading north they were empty, heading south heavy.  They were accompanied by unshod horse riders - the group surmising these were possibly the Ravenites.  They decide to follow the trail south.

a further 3 miles south they see the sentinals on their left and the hills surrounding them have turned across their path.  Ahead amongst a small wood they see what looks like a windmill, the kind standing outside a mine.  The group decide to investigate, but not before they realise the indians had turned East towards the sentinals.  Likely the group that attacked Wovoka.

Open Plot Hooks

• Eastmans creek to fix the Axle.
• The Mine or camp in the woods
• The loaded wagons
• The Train, and why did it stop
• Raven and his vengeance on White Man

Plot hooks completed

• Rescue Wovoka : The group killed the Ravenites and rescued the Paiutes