I Cannot Order I Am a Slave Fort Armstrong Adventure
Lieutenant Knox on duty at Fort Armstrong travels to St. Louis by steamer Warrior. He befriends Judge Beaucaire and Joe Kirby. A staged poker game leads to murder and Knox's boat overturn. He survives, aids enslaved women, and plots escape with Rene Beaucaire amid river pursuit and a treacherous scene.
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Knox
Fort Armstrong
Rock Island
St. Louis
Warrior
Judge Beaucaiire
Joe Kirby
Devil's Own
Rene
Kirby
Joe Carver
Beaucaire
Carver
Pete
Haynes
Amos
Beaucaire Place
Rene Beaucaire
Sam
Shrunk
Mystery Deepens as Dead Negro Pete Lays in Woods
In a remote woodland scene the narrator discovers Pete murdered with a back-of-ear wound, suspects others’ involvement, and contemplates the fate of Eloise Beaucaire and the quartet. He moves toward a cabin to uncover truth, leaving Rene and Sam with instructions. Inside the cabin a pair lies on the floor, one with a snow-white beard, hinting at further dangers.
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Pete
Eloise Beaucaire
Delia
Rene
Carlton
Sam
Gan
Trail of the Raiders in a Moonlit Clearing
The narrator discovers two dead men Amos Shrunk and Carver in a cabin with signs Kirby and Rene on the run. With Sam and Rene, he buries the victims, contemplates escape, and learns their boat is missing and likely stolen by Kirby and his party. A hidden rowboat offers a possible path to flee upstream under cover of night.
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Amos
Pete
Carver
Kirby
Ilinois
St. Louis
Kir
Rene
Eloise
Sam
Kirby Webber
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Irwin Mycra
Tama
Devil’s Own