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The Indian Avenger
Catalog Note: *The Indian Avenger* by W. J. Hamilton This dime novel follows two surveyors—Will and Dan Williams—mapping the Minnesota oak openings during the Civil War. Will, a government surveyor trusted by the Sioux, encounters two mysterious riders who demand he carry a cryptic message ("Wait for the full moon") to the chief Panther Slayer. Will refuses without explanation and physically ejects the smaller man from his horse. The narrative then shifts when a runaway horse carrying a woman named Cora Dean crashes into their clearing. Dan subdues the maddened beast through skilled horsemanship and rough handling, eventually breaking it to obedience. The story combines frontier adventure with frontier romance, touching on tensions between settlers and Native Americans, the loyalty conflicts of the Civil War, and the developing attraction between Will and Cora Dean.