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Massacre of Eagles
Eagles, No 16
William W. Johnstone

Pinnacle
2011 / ISBN 9780786023493
Western
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Reviewed by Bob Walch


In the aftermath of the fight at the Little Big Horn, the Northern Cheyenne are banished to the Indian Territory (Oklahoma) where tribe members begin dying in great numbers because of the hot weather and poor conditions.

A small band of Cheyenne abandon their new home and head north, settling in the Tongue River area in the Montana Territory. Because they are peaceful, a presidential order allows them to stay on what is termed the Tongue River Territory. Unfortunately, a renegade group of Indians begins to cause trouble and with white settlers being massacred, the army is called in to keep the peace.

Now Falcon MacCallister and his friend Buffalo Bill are asked to intervene as well. They discover marauding Indians aren’t the only problem. A land baron is using the situation to further his own ends and increase his holdings.

It is a story played over and over again in the West where greed and violence go hand in hand as the wild territory is slowly tamed. William W. Johnstone understands the formula and has used it to create his series of successful westerns. That he has such a loyal audience testifies to the fact that interest in the western novel hasn’t totally disappeared.

Reviewed 2011
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