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Does not look extremely unlikely. Of course it would depend on how large the area the tribe uses to move in is. They were nomadic but inside well defined and known areas.

Eventually he makes it out of the forest and nears Texas again, returning to the Great Plains. He does this because he figures it will be easier to spot people on the Plains than in the desolate woods. And spot people he does.

You could make the encounter even more likely if the MC were to follow a likely path, like a water way. Would be most common for people of the age to move and camp along rivers. So meeting is almost inevitable if the two different parties are moving in opposite directions.

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