Moon of Thunder — Don Coldsmith

The coming of the horse has brought honor to the Elk-dog band -- but now it must face the loss of its most powerful medicine.

MOON OF THUNDER
Rabbit is the grandson of Heads Off, the legendary chief. To become an adult, Rabbit must ride far from home into unknown lands. He carries the Spanish Bit, the revered medicine of the People. But the fierce Blue Paints steal the sacred talisman and leave Rabbit to die. Nursed back to health by the fearful enemies of the Blue Paints, the young man determines to recover the Spanish Bit. Now calling himself Horse Seeker, he stalks a wild, untamed stallion, intending to ride it against Walks-Like-Thunder, the brutal Blue Paints chief. If Horse Seeker kills the chief, the Bit will be his, along with a brave and beautiful woman. If he dies, the medicine of the People will be gone forever.

THE SPANISH BIT SAGA
Set in the New World of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Don Coldsmith's acclaimed novels recreate a time, a place and a people that have been nearly lost to history. In The Spanish Bit Saga we see history in the making through the eyes of those proud Native Americans who lived it.