Wild Bill Hickok #17
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeWild Bill Hickok ventures into Indian territory where he becomes entangled in a conflict involving Mexican raiders and Native American tribes. After helping defeat a bear and encountering a government agent, Hickok assists in delivering supplies to the Alamo during a Mexican attack, where he persuades fleeing Mexican forces to retreat. The story concludes with Hickok meeting with an Indian chief, who reveals that fur skins and drums have been used to incite war between white settlers and Native Americans, and Hickok agrees to help restore peace between the warring peoples.
Wild Bill Hickok rides scout for a famous general inspecting frontier forts in 1868, drawing the attention of Kiowa war-chief Wolf and his warriors, who see the general as a prize worth trading to Washington for their lands. When Wild Bill discovers the Kiowas planning a coordinated ambush at Tongue Rock, he races to warn the cavalry detail—and when the attack comes, his legendary marksmanship becomes the only thing standing between the general and capture. It's a tense race against overwhelming odds across the sage flats, with one scout's guns against an entire war party bent on revenge.
After the Creek War and 1812, Colonel Davy Crockett trades uniform for wilderness and makes Tennessee his hunting ground, earning the fearsome title "The Ringtailed Roarer" through a string of harrowing scrapes—from wrestling a massive bear to battling the treacherous rapids of the Mississippi. His legend grows so wild that the frontier folk demand he run for Congress, and though Washington politicians scoff at the backwoods newcomer, Crockett soon sets them straight with tales as tall as his reputation. When the call of adventure finally proves stronger than politics, he hangs up his seat and heads for Texas, ready for whatever frontier glory awaits.
Far from his Tennessee home, Davy Crockett races to deliver much-needed supplies to the Alamo in San Antonio, battling a buffalo stampede and Mexican forces along the way. Upon arrival at the fort, he volunteers to ride for help, only to return with grim news—no reinforcements are coming. As Santa Anna's army closes in with overwhelming numbers, Crockett and the garrison must prepare for a final stand, knowing their fate is sealed.
Rex Foster, a government agent, races toward mysterious war drums echoing across the frontier—only to discover white townsmen brutally attacking Native Americans and framing the tribe for violence. With the tribe's warriors now primed for devastating retaliation, Foster must expose the real conspirators and stop the impending massacre before vengeance consumes the fragile peace.
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↩ Reprints Wild Bill Hickok #3 (1950), Davy Crockett #[nn] (1951)
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