Vendee: Chapters 1 - 4 Summary

Fixated on revenge for Granny's death, Bayard and Ringo go to Uncle Buck, requesting a gun. Buck accompanies the boys to Ab's cabin, fearing that they may need more assistance. At the Snopes property, they encounter the three mares and stallion formerly owned by Grumby, but the woman who answers the door states that Snopes has gone to Alabama. Knowing this a lie, and knowing that Snopes would not have headed toward Memphis, they move in the only direction in which they believe he and Grumby have gone. It is now winter, and the travel is cold and wet. Further with only two mules, they must rotate riding, as the move forward, finding people who have been robbed, beaten and, in some cases, murdered. They are on the right track.

One evening, as they camp, a well-dressed stranger arrives...