Corporal Wagner, a young soldier in the American Civil War, is understudy to Sergeant Sam Slagle. They are charged with moving a camel train of supplies from Fort Tejon, across the Mojave Desert and down the Colorado River to Fort Yuma. The camel detachment that was supposed to make the trip has been ambushed and the camels stolen. There is no doubt as to where they are headed. A part of the camels' load involves gold coins being sent to Yuma to pay the troops there. Slagle and Wagner worry, wondering how many people know about the gold. On the trail, Elizabeth O'Roark, who is looking for her fiancé, joins them. The soldiers know that he is already dead but do not have the heart to tell her. A band of Confederate irregulars, headed by gunslinger Todd Dixon, is after both the camels and the gold. The local Apaches also are interested in what is going on and resent the growing hordes of military in their desert homeland. How will the young corporal and the other cavalrymen make it with outlaws and a band of red warriors out to stop them?
On his way to his next assignment in Fort Wingate, New Mexico Territory, contract cavalry scout Steve Bard is surrounded by a group of Indians. With his horse already exhausted and nowhere to go, he sets the prairie on fire in order to get away before his enemies can reach him. Successful, he is troubled by the fact that he could not detect the tribe--they wore no feathers. Farther along in his travels he comes across a house and mineshaft that have been attacked, and eventually meets up with some farmers who tag along for the rest of his journey. In his travels to the Fort he encounters Lane, a hotheaded woman, Frank and Jesse James, and Clell Miller, all in an attempt to find the Indians who are terrorizing the countryside and bring them to justice. Packed with excitement and hair-raising fights, Massacre Mountain will delight C. Jack Lewis fans.
Jack Lewis spent twenty-five years in this world of low-budget Westerns, and in White Horse, Black Hat he reveals the human side of the industry. Highly personal and filled with rare glimpses of a life that remains in the memory of only a few, this narrative is a nostalgic memoir of a bygone time, of those who shared life on Poverty Row, and of the hard work, failures, successes, and dreams made or broken."--BOOK JACKET.
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