The Devils Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War
A historical note presents The Devils Own as a romance set during the Black Hawk War. The account highlights themes of frontier conflict and personal courage amid 1830s Midwest tensions.
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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1919
Page
15
A historical note presents The Devils Own as a romance set during the Black Hawk War. The account highlights themes of frontier conflict and personal courage amid 1830s Midwest tensions.
In a Mississippi river town, Judge Beaucaire’s fortunes wane from a vast estate to five hundred acres as rumors of past gambling debts resurface. A long-buried tale emerges of a first wife, a mixed race child Adelbert Sond, and two daughters raised together. The narrative hints at slave status, a quadroon mother named Della, and a son whose fate remains uncertain, shaping tensions that linger through Beaucaire's later life.
The narrative recalls a late night poker style game aboard a riverboat with players Kirby Carver MeAtre and Reavceire. A swinging lamp illuminates a tense table as gold coins and marked bills pass, bets escalate, and the crowd watches the gamblers intently.
A noisy recruitment pitch promises earnings from 139 to 9 per week with guarantees of money for education and independence. The text blends in public notices for publication from 1919 listing land sale and estate matters in Wyoming and surrounding regions with names like John Pig and Alex Nisbet appearing amid scattered official language and dates.
Mrs M P Harwood of Auburn New York reports relief from indigestion distress after eating headaches and a tired languid feeling following two years of symptoms. She states Chamberlain's Tablets corrected these disorders in a short time and have kept her health good since taking them.
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