Glad to see you back. You have a good point but, I would debate the possibility of it being Lando. Lando started west in 1868 as Lando declares in Ch 3. And there is nothing in the story to indicate he had been any further west before he was captured and spent 6 years as a captive in Mexico. That would make it 1874 when he escaped which would be after Chancy which was set around 1871 when Wild Bill Hickock was marshal in Abilene. And, in Ch 7, Chancy refers to the year as 1871. It could have been Falcon since we know very little about what he did for the next 2-3 years after escaping himself from captivity in Mexico. He could have conceivably traveled west and returned.

It just seems to fit since we know that LL had Tell leaving Texas around 1873 as indicated on Ange's grandfather's grave marker in "Sackett". And, Tell probably left Utah sometime around 1871 or early 1872 because in Ch 9 Gaylord Riley asks if Tell is related to the Sacketts in Mora but he does not refer to Tye as the Mora Gunfighter which was his reputation after his shootout with Tom Sunday which took place in about 1872 which was five years after Tye and Orrin started west in 1867. 1867 comes from a comment by Tye in Ch 3 of "The Daybreakers" when he says that in 1867 the Santa Fe Trail was an old trail. And, in Ch 14, Tye talks to Tom Sunday on Tom's ranch and comments that they have known each other for 5 years shortly after whick they have their gunfight where Tom dies.

I mean we are really talking about a fictional character but LL seemed to leave a lot of indicators of his timeline by having the characters outright declare the year the story was set in and/or connecting real live characters and events to the story. But, of course, LL could have been using artistic license which would throw a monkey wrench into the timeline of all of this. And, Beau has said something to the effect that we should not get too hung up on a timeline. But, we can still conjecture. :)

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