by Jack L Knapp
Sarah Winnemucca wrote her autobiography, the first ever published by a Native American woman. She titled the book Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims. The book was published in 1883 and a subsequent edition was published in 1994. Sarah Winnemucca died of tuberculosis on October 16, 1891.
The town of Winnemucca, Nevada, is named for her, and she was named to the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 1993. The State of Nevada contributed a statue of her to the National Statuary Hall Collection in the US Capitol in 2005.
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James McKenna dictated Black Range Tales, chronicling his adventures in New Mexico Territory. The resulting book, published in 1936, also contained a number of fanciful tales. During his career James was a miner, prospector, farmer, and justice of the peace. Uncle Jimmy, as he was known later in life, dedicated the book to the Sisters of the Holy Cross Sanatorium in New Mexico. The first edition consisted of 500 copies, all signed by James McKenna. The author owns copy #185 of that first edition. The book has since been reissued.
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Henry McCarty, later Antrim, used several aliases. His date and place of birth are disputed, but it is known that his mother Catherine McCarty brought Henry and his brother Joseph with her when she migrated west. Catherine eventually settled in Silver City, New Mexico Territory, marrying William Antrim before dying of tuberculosis. Henry Antrim had a number of boyhood friends who described him as fun-loving and mischievous, not a bad boy but prone to associate with poor role models. After his mother’s death, Henry spent time in Arizona, where he killed a man. After returning to New Mexico, he took the name William Bonney. Subsequent to his appearance in this book, he took part in the Lincoln County War, becoming notorious as Billy the Kid. Sheriff Pat Garrett reported he’d killed Billy in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, on July 14, 1881.
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Jesse Evans went to prison and was released in 1882. After that, he vanished from history for many years. A man known as Joe Hines, claiming to be Evans, filed to inherit property from Jesse Evans’ brother. He also claimed that Garrett had shot a different man than he claimed, not the Kid but another member of the gang. Evans said the Kid was still alive and living in Texas as Ollie P. Roberts.
Evans reported that only himself and Jim McDaniels survived from his old gang. McDaniels and several other men who’d known Billy signed affidavits naming Roberts as Billy the Kid. Historians dispute this, although no one has explained why Evans and the others singled out Roberts.
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The great explosion in Russia occurred near the Tunguska River. The damage was widespread, knocking down some 80 million trees in an area of 830 square miles. The area was deserted, so no deaths were reported. A number of sites online claim the explosion was linked to Nikola Tesla’s experiments. Most scientists dispute this claim.
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The Bolshevik Revolution took Imperial Russia out of World War One, freeing up large numbers of German troops who might have been transferred to the Western Front.
President Woodrow Wilson joined the allies in sending troops and railroad workers to Siberia late in the war, not only to recover the supplies sent to Russia before the collapse, but also to help rescue the Czech Legion. These allied troops had been sent to the Eastern Front during WWI. American troops arrived in 1918 and were not withdrawn until after the Armistice. Some Americans did not leave until much later, and some were never accounted for.
Rumors persist that Russians kept American soldiers as prisoners after the war, hoping to trade them in exchange for political or economic gain.
The Series Will Continue
Books by the author:
The Wizards Trilogy:
Combat Wizard
Wizard at Work
Talent
Veil of Time
The Darwin’s World Series:
Darwin’s World
The Trek
Home
Novelette
Hands
Short Stories
Ants
About the Author:
Jack Knapp is a former soldier and science teacher, now a novelist and blogger. He’s a member of Mensa and the Society for Creative Anachronism.
He’s reinvented himself a number of times over the years and is currently an amateur scientist, musician, and commentator on national and international affairs.
http:jlknapp505.com (nonfiction essays)
http:jacklknapp.com (topics in writing and publishing)
Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
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