Wild Bill's Trump Card; or, The Indian Heiress

1882 · 32 pages

This Beadle & Adams dime novel from March 1, 1882, features "Wild Bill's Trump Card; or, The Indian Heiress" by Major Dangerfield Burr. The frontier romance centers on Lou Loring, the beautiful seventeen-year-old daughter of Captain Loring, a Valley Farms settlement leader. When bordermen attempt to lynch Chief Black Bear, who arrived unarmed seeking peace negotiations, Lou cuts him down and secures the release of his captive warrior. Black Bear subsequently visits the Loring cabin in war paint, declaring his love for Lou and proposing marriage. He simultaneously reveals his warriors—numbering five hundred—are mobilized for revenge against settlers who burned Indian villages and stole ponies. Faced with imminent massacre, Lou sacrifices herself, agreeing to become Black Bear's bride in exchange for the warriors returning peacefully to their village. Her father protests violently, but Lou accepts the arrangement to protect the settlement. The narrative combines frontier action with romantic tension and Indian warfare themes typical of the period's popular pulp fiction.

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