The Bright Feathers Author:John Culp Three young white Texicans -- Scut, Ham, and Scrape -- are on their way back to Texas after a cattle drive to Kansas, in September of 1871. The boys cross through Native American territory on what was known as the old Texas Road, get mistaken for horse thieves and are subsequently conscripted in the U.S. Army for a few weeks. They mix with Belle... more » Starr and her gang of bandits, then tangle with an African ex-slave of the Seminoles -- the outlaw Blue Gum. The boys end up on "Wanted" posters after a certain goat named Leviticus adopts them.« less