Beadle's Dime Library No. 644

Buffalo Bill's Bonanza: The Knights of the Silver Circle This Beadle and Adams dime novel by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham presents a frontier adventure centered on Buffalo Bill. The story opens with the scout encountering a deranged old man in the Montana wilderness—the "Mad Trailer" searching obsessively for a man who stole his daughter two years prior. Flashback reveals Roy Ripley, a poor man who struck gold in the mines, was shot by his rival Carter Creighton, who harbored revenge over Ripley's marriage to the wealthy Nellie. Creighton, driven to desperation and gambling after losing her, tracks Ripley's family: his elderly father (a former clergyman turned trapper), his wife, and child. The narrative weaves themes of lost fortune, familial ruin, and frontier vengeance, with Buffalo Bill positioned to uncover the dark mysteries connecting the mountain wilderness figures and restore justice.