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SCARRED EAGLE; OR, MOOROOINE, THE SPORTING FAWN.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. WHITE VS. RED.
CHAPTER II. MOOROOINE.
CHAPTER III. TWO LESS.
CHAPTER IV. THE HUMAN BIRD.
CHAPTER V. THE GORGE DECOY.
CHAPTER VI. BEAUTY IN BONDS.
CHAPTER VII. THE HEART OF LOVE.
CHAPTER VIII. A BLOODY TROPHY.
A tense chase unfolds on the mist‑shrouded waters of Lake Erie, where a weather‑worn scout known as Scarred Eagle and his fluent‑English‑speaking Indian companion, Goodbrand, race a hostile war party in canoes. Their bruised faces and battered bodies speak of countless frontier battles, yet their quick reflexes and uneasy camaraderie keep them a heartbeat ahead of relentless gunfire. As night falls and the lake’s surface ripples under frantic paddles, the pair must decide whether to fight back or rely on their wits to outmaneuver their pursuers.
The opening paints a vivid portrait of life on the Great Lakes’ edge—raw, rugged, and full of uneasy alliances. Listeners are drawn into the clash of cultures and the stark beauty of a world where survival depends on courage, skill, and the fragile trust between a scarred veteran and his native ally.
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (170K characters)
Series
Beadle's Pocket Novels No. 104
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: Beadle and Adams, 1872,copyright 1884.
Credits
David Edwards, Thomas Frost and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Northern Illinois University Digital Library)
Release date
2022-07-24
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1836–1909
Best known for the frontier tale Scarred Eagle; or, Moorooine, the Sporting Fawn, this 19th-century writer worked under a pen name while building his career in Massachusetts. His fiction belongs to the lively world of American dime novels, full of action, pursuit, and borderland drama.
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