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Two Road Agents Plot Attacks on Emigrant Train
In Wyoming Territory Fort Laramie region a North Platte emigrant train encounters two notorious road agents, Jack Watkins and Cherokee Bob. Watkins schemes to ambush the train with a planned alliance with Jumping Bear’s warriors after an earlier confrontation with Rose Bailey and her husband Bailey. Uncle Sile and Oregon Bill confront the threat with wary vigilance as the plan unfolds toward Hat Creek and Horse Creek.
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Territory
Wyoming
Fort Laramie
Cheyenne
Black Hills
North Platte
Bailey
Vermont
Rose Bailey
Silas Clark
Uncle Sile
William Speck
Oregon Bill
Sile
Bill
Rockies
Georgetown
Val
Lila
Gal
Grace
Dee Joe
Deathgrip
Jack Watkins
Bob
Watkins
Abysinnia
Oregon
Jess
Rose
Teaven
Sar
Mr. Watkins
Wallis
Cherokee Bob
Robert Bailey
Mr. Robert
Hat Creek
Red Cloud Indian Agency
Jumping Bear
Horse Creek
New York Weekly
Street & Smith
Rose St
New York