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Beadle's Dime Novels No. 166: Red-Skin's Pledge

1868 · Free to read

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About this issue

The Red-Skin's Pledge This Beadle dime novel (No. 166) by James L. Bowen presents a frontier romance of rivalry and danger. The narrative follows Mark Morton, a twenty-three-year-old woodsman, as he travels through wilderness toward Fort Jackson. He encounters Dan "the Cub" Rawlins, a brutal six-foot-three bully who has terrorized the settlements and now claims romantic ownership of Minnie Eaton. When Rawlins threatens Morton to stay away from Eaton's cabin, a violent confrontation ensues, with the younger but stronger Morton ultimately defeating the larger man in hand-to-hand combat and forcing agreement to let Minnie choose between them. The two proceed together toward Eaton's cabin, where mysterious smoke and voices suggest trouble awaits. The narrative emphasizes physical prowess, frontier codes, and romantic competition amid the wilderness setting.

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