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2012.
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"In this third book of the People of the Longhouse quartet, dangerous sorcerer Atotarho sets into motion a cataclysmic battle that threatens to destroy the Iroquoian world. Only three people are brave enough to challenge him: a disgraced warrior known as Sky Messenger; his friend War Chief Hiyawento; and a powerful clan matron named Jigonsaseh. To stop the madman, they must find a way to bring five warring nations together"--
2) The scout
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Cat Brules westerns volume 2
Description
An account of the life and adventures of Cat Brules a cowboy and scout, discussing his experiences with the U.S. cavalry, action in the Indian wars, death of his wife, and subsequent romances.
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Pub. Date
2001
Description
Walter Lucas is a best-selling western author whose novels are acclaimed by fans who savor his skillful blend of frontier violence and American history. After the epic battle of Adobe Walls, Lt. Frank Baldwin and former buffalo hunter Billy Dixon lead a band of Indian and white scouts into Texas to assist the U.S. 5th Infantry combat unruly natives. But as they are drawn into a series of increasingly deadly skirmishes, the fighters come to learn that...
7) Dakota!
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Wagons West. Main series volume 11
Description
Unflagging courage took them through the valleys of the Badlands to the vast priaries of fertile, new territory. The promise of endless fields of golden wheat, great herds of prime beef cattle, fabulous empires built from railroads and mines lured the ambitiousand the brave to the uncharted country. But war cries soon echoed across the plains as mighty red nations united in a pact of blood to fight the newcomers for their sacred hunting grounds.
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Pub. Date
2014.
Description
After her parents' deaths and the recession force her out of her home in 1873, Jenny Dousmann heads for the Wild West. She knows that if she can find her brother, Otto, a Civil War veteran, he'll take care of her. When they finally reunite, Jenny is surprised to find that Otto has been working as a buffalo hunter and is struggling even to support himself. The number of hunters in the West has increased rapidly, and buffalo has become scarce. To make...
15) Horns
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Pub. Date
1997
Description
Jim Cole, a one armed ex-confederate Colonel, and his young side-kick, Ned Armstrong, battle the weather, Indians, buffalo hunters and the army to carve out a cattle empire in the high grass country of the Llano Estacado, during the years 1865 to 1875.
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Plainsmen volume 16
Pub. Date
2001
Description
Marking a hiatus from Cries from the Earth and Lay the Mountains Low volumes one and two of a projected trilogy based on the Nez Perc War of 1877 this 16th western in the author's long-running Plainsmen series recounts Crazy Horse's surrender to the U.S. Army at Camp Robinson, Neb. Here the western historian diligently attempts to set straight the diverse and highly questionable account of the shameful events leading up to Crazy Horse's mortal...
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Hannah of Fort Bridger volume 3
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
Betsy Fordham lives in terror that her husband, John, will be killed while patrolling the area for the army.. Her consuming fear causes her despise allIndians, even the friendly Crow who live alonside the citizens of Fort Bridger. But it is only when Bestsy's worst nightmare becomes a reality that an unexpected act of kindness can open her heart to God's love.
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2020.
Description
"The Indians were "quiet" - but Scout Bert Monroe's closest friend, Charlie Pronghorn, had become strangely critical of the whites who had educated him. He was joking of course - he joked all the time - and even if he wasn't, criticism couldn't kill a man. Moreover, the Army believed what everyone knew - that the Indians were untrained, independent, separate groups who had never worked together in a fight. But they had never had anyone to organize...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"In "Renegade Rifles," the hostile Apaches have attacked a wagon convoy at night, a time when traditionally the Apaches do not fight. In "Trouble Weather," the herd being driven from Montana to make up the beef ration for the local reservation has been unaccountably delayed, causing a possible uprising. Cattle thieves in the Old West were never easy to apprehend, but when, as in "Rain Valley," they are protected by a mountainous terrain, a lawman...