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| BOY PIONEER | | 1883-1884 |
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| | Porter & Coates | |
| 1. Ned in the Blockhouse | | 1883 |
| 2. Ned in the Woods. | | 1884 |
| 3. Ned on the River | | 1884 |
Note: This is the first series with Deerfoot;
his saga continues in Log Cabin, Deerfoot (1887),
and New Deerfoot (1905) series. | |
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| LOG CABIN | | 1885-1886 |
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| | Porter & Coates | |
| 1. The Lost Trail | | 1885 |
| 2. Camp-Fire and Wigwam. | | 1885 |
| 3. Footprints in the Forest | | 1886 |
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Note: The Deerfoot saga continues through four
different series: Boy Pioneer (1883-84), Log Cabin,
Deerfoot (1887), and New Deerfoot (1905). | |
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| GREAT RIVER SERIES | | 1886 all |
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| | Cassell & Company | |
| 1. Down the Mississippi | | 1886 |
| 2. Up the Tapajos; or, Adventure in Brazil | | 1886 |
| 3. Lost in the Wilds | | 1886 |
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| DEERFOOT | | 1887 all
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| Porter & Coates |
| 1. Hunters of the Ozark | | 1887 |
| 2. The Camp in the Mountains | | 1887 |
| 3. The Last War Trail | | 1887 |
Note: The character of Deerfoot first appears
in vol. 1 of the Boy Pioneer series (1883). | |
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| WILD ADVENTURE | | 1887-1889 |
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| | Frank F. Lovell & Co. | |
| 1. On the Trail of Geronimo; or, In the Apache Country | | 1887 |
| 2. The White Mustang. A Tale of the Lone Star State | | 1889 |
| 3. The Land of Mystery | | 1889 |
| Note: Published under the pseudonym Lt. R. H. Jayne | |
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| WYOMING | | 1888-1891
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| | Porter & Coates | |
| 1. Wyoming | | 1888 |
| 2. Storm Mountain | | 1889 |
| 3. Cabin in the Clearing. A Tale of the Frontier. | | 1889 |
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| WILDWOOD 1891-1893 |
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| | Porter & Coates | |
| 1. Through Forest and Fire | | 1891 |
| 2. On the Trail of the Moose | | 1892 |
| 3. Across Texas | | 1893 |
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| RIVER AND WILDERNESS | | 1893 all |
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| | Price-McGill
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| 1. The River Fugitives | | 1893 |
| 2. The Wilderness Fugitives | | 1893 |
| 3. Lena Wingo the Mohawk | | 1893 |
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| WAR WHOOP SERIES | | 1893-1894 |
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| | Merriam | |
| 1. Lost in the Wilderness | | 1893 |
| 2. Through Apache Land | | 1893 |
| 3. In the Pecos Country | | 1894 |
| 4. Cave in the Mountain | | 1894 |
| Note: Published under the pseudonym Lt. R. H. Jayne | | |
Vols 1 and 2 were one story, originally serialized in
Frank Leslie's Boys and Girls Weekly | | |
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| BRAVE AND HONEST | | 1894 all |
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| | Merriam | |
| 1. Brave Tom; or, The Battle that Won | | 1894 |
| 2. Honest Ned | | 1894 |
| 3. Righting the Wrong | | 1894 |
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| FOREST AND PRAIRIE | | 1894-1895 |
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| | Porter & Coates, v 1-2 | |
| | Henry T. Coates & Co., v3 | |
| 1 Great Cattle Trail | | 1894 |
| 2. The Path in the Ravine | | 1894 |
| 3. The Young Ranchers; or, Fighting the Sioux | | 1895 |
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| BOONE AND KENTON | | 1896-1897 |
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| | Henry T. Coates & Co. | |
| 1. Show with Silence | | 1896 |
| 2. The Phantom of the River | | 1896 |
| 3. In the Days of the Pioneers | | 1897 |
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| NORTHWEST | | 1897-1898 |
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| | Henry T. Coates & Co. | |
| 1. A Strange Craft and Its Wonderful Voyage | | 1897 |
| 2. Cowmen and Rustlers | | 1898 |
| 3. Two Boys in Wyoming | | 1898 |
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| WAR CHIEF SERIES | | 1899-1901 |
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| | Henry T. Coates & Co. | |
| 1. Iron Heart, War Chief of the Iroquois | | 1899 |
| 2. Blazing Arrow. A Tale of the Frontier. | | 1900 |
| 3. Red Eagle. A Tale of the Frontier | | 1901 |
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| NEW DEERFOOT SERIES | | 1905 all |
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| | John C. Winston | |
| 1. Deerfoot in the Forest | | 1905 |
| 2 Deerfoot on the Prairies | | 1905 |
| 3 Deerfoot in the Mountains | | 1905 |
Note: Deerfoot first appears in vol. 1
of the Boy Pioneer series (1883). | | |
A key source of information for this bibliography was Denis R. Rogers, ‘Ellis for Beginners,’ Dime Novel Round-Up 47 (1978): 2--20.