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Manhunt on the Dakota prairies for three outlaws
In March 1886 the Badlands of Dakota Territory host a sheriff chasing three known outlaws. Deputy sheriff Billings County, called the law, rides alone when two of his men join to head them off by building a flatboat on the Little Missouri River. Names include Dutch Chris Pfaffenbach and Half-breed Burnsted.
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Dakota Territory
Billings County
Missouri
Chris” Pfaffenbach
Chris
Barnsted
Finnegan