The Hidden Treasure of the Chisos

Set in 1869 in the Big Bend of Texas, the story follows twelve-year-old Fish Rawlings and his cousin Gid who, along with their companions the young wrangler Punk and a young Apache boy, search for a legendary lost gold mine in the Chisos Mountains. After discovering a dying Indian in the desert who reveals information about the mine, the boys must journey across terrain threatened by Apache warriors to find the hidden treasure. The novel is a middle-grade adventure set during the historical period of westward expansion in the American Southwest.