Read the Book?
Just found the two Josey Wales novles by Forrest "Little Tree" Carter, a writer of Cherokee ancestrey. "Gone To Texas" 1973 is the novel the movie was adpated from with "The Vengenace Trail of Josey Wales" 1976 being the sequel. The movie seems a faithful adptation with some enhancements to the story. The two novels are beautifully written and I recomend them.
ISBN 13:978-0-8263-1168-9