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Lightning Jo, the Terror of the Santa Fe Trail: A Tale of the Present Day
The story is set against the backdrop of the American West, where the central focus revolves around the heroic efforts of Lightning Jo and a group of frontier men as they attempt to rescue beleaguered families from a brutal Comanche attack.
"Lightning Jo, the Terror of the Santa Fe Trail: A Tale of the Present Day" by Capt. J. F. C. Adams is a historical novel. The story is set against the backdrop of the American West, where the central focus revolves around the heroic efforts of Lightning Jo and a group of frontier men as they attempt to rescue beleaguered families from a brutal Comanche attack.
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“For God’s sake send us help at once. We have been fighting the Comanches for two days; half our men are killed and wounded, and we can not hold out much longer. But we have women and children with us, and we shall fight to the last and die game. Send help without an hour’s delay, or it’s all up.
Covered with dust, and reeking with sweat, with bloody nostril and dilated eye, the black mustang thundered up to the gate of the fort, staggered as if drunken, and then with a wheezing moan, shivered from nose to hoof, and with an awful cry, like that of a dying person, his flanks heaved and he dropped dead to the ground, his lithe, sinewy rider leaping from the saddle, just in time to escape being crushed to death.
Scarcely less frightful and alarming was the appearance of the horseman, so covered with dust and grime, that no one could tell whether he was Indian, African or Caucasian; but, whoever he was, he showed that he was alive to the situation, by running straight through the gate of the stockades, into the parade-ground, where, pausing in a bewildered sort of way, he glanced hurriedly around, and then shouted:
“Where’s the commandant? Quick! some one tell me!”
Contents
- 01Chapter I. The Cry for Help.
- 02Chapter II. The Answer.
- 03Chapter III. Lightning Jo.
- 04Chapter IV. The Party in Dead Man’s Gulch.
- 05Chapter V. The Party of Rescue.
- 06Chapter VI. Lightning Jo in a Scrimmage.
- 07Chapter VII. The Angel of the Prairie.
- 08Chapter VIII. A Daring Deed.
- 09Chapter IX. The Lovers.
- 10Chapter X. At Full Speed.
- 11Chapter XI. The Valley of Death.
- 12Chapter XII. “What Is It?”
- 13Chapter XIII. “The Comanches Are Coming.”
- 14Chapter XIV. The Last Day in Dead Man’s Gulch.
- 15Chapter XV. The Rescue.
- 16Chapter XVI. Homeward Bound.
- 17Chapter XVII. On the Brink.
- 18Chapter XVIII. Shut in.
- 19Chapter XIX. The Terror of the Prairie.
- 20Chapter XX. A Fearful Ride.
- 21Chapter XXI. The Lonely Camp-Fire.
- 22Chapter XXII. Those Who Escaped.
- 23Chapter XXIII. Comanche Honor.
- 24Chapter XXIV. A Desperate Hope.
- 25Chapter XXV. At Last.
About this edition
- Author
- Edward Sylvester Ellis
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 129 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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