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Bareknuckle voyage on the Missouri ends in Indian ambush
A Helena mining party of Elmo Simmons and ten companions in late August 1866 takes aboard a stranger named Johnny at Fort Benton. The group faces bear danger and a dramatic river attack from Otoe Indians near a Judith River camp, with a coastal-style defensive stand and casualties implied by the sunset departure.
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