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Freeport Journal in Freeport, Illinois

07 Apr 1869

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Freeport Journal

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Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1869

Page

4

Quiet frontier dawn opens with Miriam and hunter on plains

In June 1867 on Wood River Nebraska George Dane and his daughter Miriam pause at a riverbank. They fear Red Knife’s vengeance after his death, spot danger in the distance, and Miriam heroically sends Thompson away while she faces a charging Indian band, despite peril to herself.

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Wood River Platte Nebraska Miriam George Dane Hubert Earle Idaho Hubert Dane Gyrey’s Ark Red Knife Inme Ife Satoee Uae Ter-Bank Mr. Dane Thompson Staty Red“Knife Deer Fork Vin Willow Island Selim Dango Afirs
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A Curious Highwaymen Tale on the Black Hills Trail

A 1869 frontier vignette follows Hubert Earle and a cavalry party skirting the Black Hills west of Fort Laramie. After a buffalo hunt and a strange cavern, four men vanish in a cave while Hubert volunteers to descend alone, leaving the rest shaken and unsure of fate. The tale ends with the note that continuation appears in the New York Ledger on April 10, 1869.

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Black Hills Fort Laramie Fort Bridger Platte Hubert Earle Miriam’ Dang Miriam Idaho Mae Terao Hubert Fanedet Leutenant Brydges Marstal Leutensant New York*Ledger Ledger Tyng’s The the Ledger Henry Ward Beecher James Parton Fanny Fern
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