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Davy Crockett #11

· Charlton · 6d [0-0-6 GBP]

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Red Axe's Shawnee warriors, having captured Davy Crockett and his companion Sam Besty, prepare for a victory dance and execution stake, but a terrifying ghost—revealed to be the spirit of Davy himself—materializes in their camp. The apparition's bloodcurdling screams and supernatural appearance throw the Shawnee into panic, while Sam, pretending to be dead, reveals he will attempt a trick to escape. As the warriors flee in terror, Davy and Sam make their getaway through a blizzard with Red Axe's men in pursuit, eventually encountering a Shawnee war party that mistook them for enemies a few years prior, leading to a tense but ultimately fair parley about their shared past.

Contains 3 stories

Raid on the Scioto

6 pp · Historical, Western-Frontier

Davy CrockettJemima CallawaySam EstySimon KentonColonel CallawayMontgomerySethChief Blackfish

Davy Crockett returns to Boonesborough after months of captivity to find the fort's defenses still incomplete and Chief Blackfish preparing a massive attack with over 400 warriors—plus British officers training his troops. Rather than wait to be besieged, Crockett leads a daring raid deep into Shawanese territory with a small band of volunteers to scout the enemy's strength and intentions. The mission quickly turns into a desperate fight for survival when Crockett's party stumbles onto a war party and uncovers the scope of the threat bearing down on the frontier settlement.

The Ghost of Dan'l Boone

9 pp · Historical, Western-Frontier

Davy CrockettSam EstyChief Red AxeThe Shawanee

Doom at the Stake

10 pp · Historical, Western-Frontier

Davy CrockettRebecca BooneJemima CallawaySam EstySimon KentonSethGeneral HamiltonChief Blackfish

Davy Crockett faces a brutal choice when he and young recruit Sam Esty are captured by Chief Blackfish and a Shawnee war party during a hunting expedition near Blue Lick Salt Springs. Outnumbered and surrounded, Crockett uses his wits and knowledge of Indian custom to negotiate their surrender, banking on honor to spare the captives—and protect his settlement's families back home. Now prisoners being marched to Chillicothe, Crockett must navigate the dangerous politics of captivity and determine what fate awaits him and his men.