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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1902
Page
6
The excerpt follows Bertha as she flees across a desert frontier, narrator detailing her perilous journey after her family wealth and education funding are disrupted. Attack by Indians and a chaotic frontier escape unfold as she is seized and bound during a mountain ambush, with packers and cowboys resisting attackers in a brutal clash.
The narrative recounts a desert raid where horse and mule stocks are driven off and a captive woman, Bertha Lyle, is taken. Four cowboys pursue the marauders from the Stone House while Indian bands camp and evade. The leaders, Martin Lyle the Lord of the Desert and Dan Follett, discuss plans and the fate of the captive. The pursuit continues across rimrocks as the four men press toward a final confrontation to recover Bertha Lyle.
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