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THE CHARACTERS

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JOHN DEAKIN A Gunman
COLONEL CLAREMONT US Cavalry
COLONEL FAIRCHILD Commandant of Fort Humboldt
GOVERNOR FAIRCHILD The Governor of Nevada
MARICA FAIRCHILD The Governor’s niece and the daughter of Colonel Fairchild
MAJOR O’BRIEN The Governor’s Aide
NATHAN PEARCE US Marshal
SEPP CALHOUN A villain of some note
WHITE HAND Chief of the Paiutes
GARRITTY A gambler
REV. THEODORE PEABODY Chaplain elect for Virginia City
DOCTOR MOLYNEUX US Army Doctor
CHRIS BANLON Engineer
CARLOS Cook
HENRY Steward
BELLEW US Army Sergeant
DEVLIN Brakeman on train
RAFFERTY A trooper
FERGUSON CARTERSIMPSON US Army Telegraphists
BENSONCARMODYHARRIS Three minor villains
CAPTAIN OAKLAND Passive but relevant
LIEUTENANT NEWELL

The following bears very closely on the choice of 1873 as the date for this story.

CALIFORNIAN GOLD RUSH 1855-75
COMSTOCK LODE DISCOVERED 1859
DISAFFECTED NEVADA INDIANS ACTIVE 1860-80
NEVADA BECAME STATE 1864
UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY BUILT 1869
BONANZA DISCOVERED 1873
CHOLERA IN ROCKIES 1873
DEVELOPMENT OF FIRST WINCHESTER REPEATERS 1873
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA (ELKO) ESTABLISHED 1873
DISASTROUS FIRE IN LAKE’S CROSSING (WHICH BECAME RENO IN 1879) 1873

NB. It might appear odd that a US Army relief mission should be sent to attend a cholera outbreak, but this is not so: the State of Nevada Health Service was not established until 1893.

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