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The Daughter of the Sioux

The Daughter of the Sioux

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Number of Chapters: 25

Length: 7 hours and 52 minutes

Language: English

Charles King was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. He was the son of Civil War general Rufus King and great grandson of Rufus King, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He graduated from West point in 1866 and served in the Army during the Indian Wars under George Crook. He was wounded in the arm forcing his retirement from the regular army. During this time he became acquainted with Buffalo Bill Cody. King would later write scripts for several of Cody's silent films.

King's writings, relating to American Indians, cover a complex range of opinion within his novels. His sympathy for their cause of defending their homelands, and being forced to adopt a new lifestyle, did not stop him from graphically portraying them as savage and barbaric peoples. However, King also used his writings to harshly criticize U.S. government policies that resulted in Indian treaties not being honored and that permitted rampant corruption among government-appointed reservation agents. As a lieutenant in the 5th Cavalry, King was a participant on the American western frontier, who personally fought in battles with Southwestern and Plains Indians and observed government policies first hand. Charles King is credited today with helping to establish the "Western novel" as a romantic and dramatic genre of American literature, based upon a sturdy foundation of historical realism. (Summary compiled from Wikipedia and THE LIFE OF CHARLES KING
by Nathan Bender, Housel Curator, McCracken Research Library within The Buffalo Bill Historical Center.)

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Foreshadowed Events (Maire Rhode)
Absent From Duty (Maire Rhode)
A Night Encounter (Shirley Anderson)
The Sign Of The Bar Shoe (Christine Blachford)
A Grave Discovery (Shirley Anderson)
First Sight Of The Foe (texttalker)
Blood Will Tell (texttalker)
More Strange Discoveries (texttalker)
Bad News From The Front (Christine Blachford)
"I'll never go back" (John W. Michaels)
A Fight With A Fury (Christine Blachford)
The Ordeal By Fire (John W. Michaels)
Wounded--Body And Soul (John W. Michaels)
A Vanished Heroine (John W. Michaels)
A Woman's Plot (Maire Rhode)
Night Prowling At Frayne (Maire Rhode)
A Rifled Desk (Christine Blachford)
Burglary At Blake's (Christine Blachford)
A Slap For The Major (John W. Michaels)
The Sioux Surrounded (John W. Michaels)
Thanksgiving At Frayne (John W. Michaels)
Behind The Bars (texttalker)
A Soldier Entangled (Jim Fish)
The Death Song Of The Sioux (Maire Rhode)
L'envoi - Epilogue (Varra Unreal)
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