The Duel of the Medicines in Black Hills History
A white ventriloquist is captured by Red Indians and forced to duel a Sioux Cheyenne master, life or death at stake, in a tale of frontier drama tied to the Black Hills battles. Hugh Pendexter, born in Pittsfield, rises as a historical novelist shaping his romanticized Dakota era. His book Pay Gravel marks his shift to historical fiction with authentic backdrops.
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Black Hills
Hugh Pendexter
Pittsfield
Dakota Country
The
The Trail to Gold Land Amid Sioux War Threats
Pete Dinsdale and San Juan Joe push through perilous Cheyenne River country toward the Black Hills in 1876. They learn from garrulous old plainsmen that Indian hostilities and road agents loom as they near Red Canyon, "The Gate of Hell," with a final dash to Custer City planned after night crossing.
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Fort Laramie
Black Hills
North Platte
Peter Dinsdale
Arizona
San Juan Joe’s
Deadwood City
Deadwood Gulch
Dinsdale
Cheyenne
Hat Creek
Dinedale
Johnny Bowman
Missouri
Denver
Dins
Pete Dinsdale
San Juan
Joe
Dinadale
Sanfuan
St. Dinsdale
Ben
Deadwood
Laramie
Red Devils
Pete
Mars
Bowman
Indian Creek
Bellefourche
Crook
Rosebud
Custer
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Washington
Joe Ary Dinsdale
Red Canyon
Hisself Belman
Gate of Hell
Custer City
Gambler
Red Canyon’ Creek
Wayfarers
Canyon
Burnitz
Night ambush in Red Canyon ends in rescue and river of corpses
Dinsdale and San Juan Joe push through a perilous canyon night as unseen attackers strike from the sky. A lone woman survivor named Lottie Carl recounts Belman and Stacey outfits slain, with nine bodies found. The pair press on toward a spring where more danger awaits.
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Joe
Dinsdale
Belman
Stacey Brothers
Young Dawley
San Juan
Coup Dinsdale
San Juan Joe
Mets
Lottie Carl
Stacey Boys
Staceys
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