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100 1 _aHarbaugh, T. C.
_q(Thomas Chalmers),
_d1849-1924
245 1 4 _aThe Island Trapper; or, The Young White-Buffalo Hunters
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2021-06-06
508 _aDavid Edwards, Susan Carr and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Northern Illinois University Digital Library at http://digital.lib.niu.edu/)
520 _a"The Island Trapper; or, The Young White-Buffalo Hunters" by Capt. Chas. Howard is a fictional novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows the adventurous Frontier Shack and two young boys, Charley Shafer and George Long, as they navigate the dangers of the American West, particularly focusing on their encounters with hostile Native Americans and their desire to hunt white buffaloes. The narrative is infused with themes of bravery, the spirit of adventure, and the stark realities of frontier life. The opening of this novel introduces us to Frontier Shack, a rugged frontiersman, who is accompanied by his iron-gray horse, Tecumseh. They hear music and Indian war cries, which leads Shack to investigate. He soon comes upon a group of Pawnee Indians who are torturing two captured youths, who turn out to be the boys seeking out white buffaloes. Just as the situation seems dire, Frontier Shack intervenes, brandishing his weapons to save the boys from certain death. He learns that they were part of a larger group that faced a massacre, and together they plan to rescue their companions, a pair of young women, from the clutches of the marauding Pawnees. The high stakes are set against the backdrop of intense action and the perilous nature of life on the frontier. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aWestern stories
653 _aFrontier and pioneer life -- Fiction
653 _aDime novels
653 _aIndian captivities -- Fiction
653 _aTrappers -- Fiction
653 _aHunters -- Fiction
653 _aWagon trains -- Fiction
653 _aOregon National Historic Trail -- Fiction
653 _aPawnee Indians -- Fiction
653 _aLoup River (Neb.) -- Fiction
653 _aPlatte River (Neb.) -- Fiction
653 _aAmerican bison -- Fiction
653 _aAmerican bison hunting -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65528
999 _c106351
_d106351