46 Chapters
SURROUNDED AND CAPTURED. The trail of the Redskin Rovers became difficult to follow in the hills, and Buffalo Bill lost much time. Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were …
ESCAPE. Buffalo Bill was trying to settle that question by releasing himself from the cords with which he had been bound. This was slow and difficult work. He was bound to a small tree, close to the …
A DESPERATE VENTURE. Even while Buffalo Bill was talking with the disguised leader of the Redskin Rovers, old Nick Nomad was rapidly working out a plan for the release of the prisoners. Nebuchadnezza…
THE FLIGHT OF THE FUGITIVES. On the top of a low hill a skeleton form outlined in fire shone gruesomely through the darkness. At intervals from this specter of fire came shrill and peculiar whistles,…
STRANGE HAPPENINGS. Before they had gone far they were given evidence that the Redskin Rovers had awakened to the fact that they had been tricked; an awakening due doubtless to the superior intellige…
A DESPERATE BATTLE. When Buffalo Bill returned to the camp he found Nomad and Pizen Kate in a state of much excitement. Nomad had made a discovery as important and startling as that of the scout. “Bu…
AT THE HOUSE ON THE MESA. When Buffalo Bill and his friends went forth and inspected the battlefield, and examined the body of the painted leader of the Redskin Rovers, both Pizen Kate and Nomad iden…
THE MYSTERY SOLVED. Their amazement was not of long duration, however, for the young man proceeded to make explanations. He stated that Latimer was much of the time irresponsible mentally. His storie…
THE MYSTERIOUS NUGGET. The wedding festivities were still in progress when Buffalo Bill received a letter, by “pony express,” from Colonel Montrose, the commander of Fort Cimarron, directing him to c…
AT THE FORT. It was an unfortunate thing for May Arlington and her lover that Colonel Montrose, the commandant, was absent from Fort Cimarron when they were brought to that place, and that in his ste…