The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - Down the Creek, a Tale of the Neutral Grounds

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Series: New York Weekly v. 24 no. 45 — page 4
Subject / Tag: Sketch
Part of: New York Weekly, v. XXIV, no. 45, September 23, 1869 (Issue)
Author: Coomes, Oll, 1845-1921
Date: September 23, 1869
First Sentence: But a few years ago when the red man was the principal inhabitant of the forest and prairies of western Iowa, there was a strip of country, sixty miles wide and much longer, lying west of Des Moines River, known as the "Neutral Grounds."
Last Sentence: They rebuilt their cabin, and continued to hunt two years longer 'during which time they never saw another Indian upon the "Neutral Ground."

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