Odd Duel with Dinsdale in Black Hills Saga
In 1876 Peter Dinsdale befriends Deadwood gambler San Juan Joe and helps a young woman fleeing Indians. They evade pursuers, rescue Scissors, face robber plots, and encounter Crazy Horse and Sorrel Horse as tension escalates over medicine and survival amid a perilous river of loyalties and danger.
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Nopris
Peter Dinsdale
Black Hills
Deadwood
San Juan
Joe
Red Canyon
Dinsdale
Lottie Carl
Deadwood City
Lottie
Kitty
Pyrites
Rapid City
Scissors
Crazy Horse
Sorrel Horse
Night in camp with Crazy Horse and Shuncaluta figures
In a tense camp scene, Dinsdale and prisoners keep watch as Crazy Horse arrives with guards. Scissors schemes to talk with Crazy Horse while Shuncaluta and Two Knives Talking loom as unpredictable elements. Morning meat share follows, and news of Two Knives Talking losing his medicine hints at shifting power among the captors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crazy Horse
Sorrel
Little Big Man
Dinsdale
Scissors
Shuncaluta
Taskaskanskan
Tankan
Sorrel Horse
Big Man
Two Knives Talking Uses Magic Against Crazy Horse
In a staged rite at Mato Tipi the white man Scissors and his companion Two Knives Talking challenge Sorrel Horse and Shuncia-luta as Crazy Horse watches. Cards, knives, and a star-contest duel test each medicine, money, and loyalty amid a dramatic court of wakan spirits andobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crazy Horse
High Wolf
Montana
Dinsdale
Teton
Scissors
Frank
Gruard
Sandwich Islands
Sitting Bull
Giuard
Crook
Kola
Shuncaluta
Crazy Forse
Sorrel Horse
Scis
Sors
Black Hills
Mato Tipi
Grizzly Bear Lodge
Tunkan
Ele
Deadwood City
Kite
Scissors Breaks Free Amid Teepee War Turmoil
In a tense scene, Scissors frees himself from cords with Two Knives Talking’s medicine, while Little Big Man questions white riders near Mato Tipi. Tension rises as threats and bravado flare among warriors, with Scissors hinting at freedom and Crazy Horse’s looming influence.
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Scissors
Dinsdale
Little Big Man
Tunkan
Crazy Horse
Slimbutte
Mato Tipi
Taku Wakan
Sorrel Horse
Tooli Butte
Big Man
Wichakpayamani
General Crook
Sig
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Hugh Pendexter
The
Bobbe-Merrill Co
Wokan
Custer
Reno
Ytunkan
Spotted Tail
Rosebud
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