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by William R. (William Reynolds) Eyster
Transcriber's Note: A number of obvious printing errors have been corrected. Dialect has been left as printed.
FREE TRAPPERS’ PASS; OR, The Gold-seeker’s Daughter! - CHAPTER I. THE RAID OF THE BLACKFEET.
CHAPTER II. THE STRATAGEM OF THE TRAPPERS.
CHAPTER III. THE CAPTIVES.—FRIENDS ON THE ALERT.
CHAPTER IV. IMPRISONED IN THE FREE TRAPPERS’ PASS.
CHAPTER V. MEETING OF ARCHER AND PARSONS.
CHAPTER VI. CAPTURE OF JAKE PARSONS.
CHAPTER VII. PARSONS AND ARCHER IN THE BLACKFOOT VILLAGE.
CHAPTER VIII. WAVING PLUME AT LIBERTY.
CHAPTER IX. ATTACK ON THE BLACKFOOT VILLAGE—RESCUE OF THE PRISONERS.
On the banks of the Yellowstone, a modest log cabin stands against the sweep of the Bighorn foothills, its walls rough‑hewn yet somehow inviting. Inside, a young woman with golden curls and bright blue eyes watches the frontier world from the doorway, her calm broken the moment a lone rider appears on the horizon. The rider, a familiar friend, slows his horse as a distant mound draws his attention, hinting that something unseen gathers nearby.
Suddenly a war chant rises and a band of Blackfeet warriors erupts toward the cabin, their numbers overwhelming the lone defender who fires his rifle and rides to meet them. At the same time a captive white man is bound near the door, his desperate attempts to break free adding to the chaos. The girl’s sudden cry for her father and the tense standoff set the stage for a gripping struggle of survival, loyalty, and the fierce resolve of those who call the untamed West home.
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (125K characters)
Series
Jackson's novels.
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Charlene Taylor, Donovan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2016-10-31
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1841–1918
A prolific 19th-century American writer of frontier adventure, he turned out fast-moving dime novels filled with trappers, detectives, and rough-and-ready heroes. His stories helped shape the popular reading culture of their day, especially for readers who loved action and suspense.
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