The Veteran

Arthur Morgan finds Hamish Sinclair beside a rock in Grizzlies East. The old veteran has been thrown from Buell, his horse, which has run off carrying Hamish's wooden leg. Arthur follows Buell's trail to the water, calms the wary horse and leads him back. Hamish retrieves his leg, introduces himself and invites Arthur to visit Veteran's Homestead, across O'Creagh's Run, for fishing or hunting.

After some time, Arthur calls at Hamish's home and joins him in a boat on O'Creagh's Run. Hamish hopes to catch a huge fish he calls the Tyrant. The fish takes Hamish's line and drags him into the lake, so Arthur rows over and pulls him aboard. Hamish gives Arthur a special lake lure, and Arthur catches the Tyrant. They return to the homestead, where Hamish keeps the fish.

Arthur later returns to go after a she-wolf that has been troubling Hamish. They follow her through the woods, but the trail draws them into a wolf pack's ambush. Arthur and Hamish fight off the animals until a large alpha wolf knocks Hamish down and pins Arthur to the ground. Arthur kills it when it attacks again. Hamish skins the alpha, gives Arthur its pelt and remains in the mountains.

On Arthur's final visit, a giant boar appears outside Veteran's Homestead. Hamish and Arthur track it before the trail divides, and Hamish sends Arthur to search uphill while he follows the other route. Arthur finds a wolf gored by the boar, then hears Hamish firing in the distance. He reaches Hamish after the boar has fatally wounded him. Before dying, Hamish asks Arthur to take Buell, and Arthur leaves with the horse.