The Missouri Outlaws

This novel is a historical adventure set in the American West during the mid-19th century. It revolves around a group of outlaws who operate along the Missouri River and their interactions with law enforcement and other groups. The story explores themes of crime, violence, and survival in a lawless frontier environment.

By Gustave Aimard · First published 1867 · Genre: Western, Adventure, Historical Fiction · 22 chapters

Contents

• The Good Ship Patriot
• Samuel Dickson Gives Advice to his Brother
• A Queer Customer
• An Alliance Offensive and Defensive
• A Great Medicine Council
• Samuel Dickson Hunts a Moose Deer
• Joshua Dickson Becomes Master of the Valley
• Diana Dickson and her Foe
• They Make an Acquaintance
• Who the Stranger was
• Explanations
• How the Three Travellers Went to George Clinton's
• Tom Mitchell
• Samuel and Joshua
• New Characters
• Tom Mitchell as Redresser of Wrongs
• A Diplomatic Conversation between Two Rascals
• The Prisoner
• In which Tom Mitchell Discovers that Honesty is a Good Speculation
• A Strange Chase
• Captain Tom Mitchell, the Avenger
• A Desperate Struggle

More by Gustave Aimard

• The Frontiersmen (1867)
• The Border Rifles (1867)
• The Freebooters (1867)
• The White Scalper (1847)
• The Pirates of the Prairies (1844)
• The Trapper's Daughter (1847)
• The Gold-Seekers (1869)
• The Tiger-Slayer (1867)
• All works by Gustave Aimard