"Turkey-Foot, or, The Chief's Revenge." Beadle's Frontier Series, no. 76.
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Abstract
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Don Leon de Sandoval and his daughter Donna Clara leave St. Augustine to go to his plantation on the St. Johns near the Mission of Los Angeles (possibly Salamototo near present-day Picolata), but are waylaid by a couple of Natives and pursued by Don Pablo, Clara's lover. Don Pablo has mercy on one of the Natives hung by Don Sandoval's party by cutting him down before he dies, and by going to his chief, Turkey-Foot, vengeance against Don Sandoval is put into motion.
Local locations visited or mentioned in the text include the Castillo de San Marcos, Matanzas Bay, Anastasia Island, the Cathedral Basilica, and the St. Johns River.
Don Leon de Sandoval and his daughter Donna Clara leave St. Augustine to go to his plantation on the St. Johns near the Mission of Los Angeles (possibly Salamototo near present-day Picolata), but are waylaid by a couple of Natives and pursued by Don Pablo, Clara's lover. Don Pablo has mercy on one of the Natives hung by Don Sandoval's party by cutting him down before he dies, and by going to his chief, Turkey-Foot, vengeance against Don Sandoval is put into motion.
Local locations visited or mentioned in the text include the Castillo de San Marcos, Matanzas Bay, Anastasia Island, the Cathedral Basilica, and the St. Johns River.
Creator
Title
"Turkey-Foot, or, The Chief's Revenge." Beadle's Frontier Series, no. 76.
Publisher
Cleveland, OH: The Arthur Westbrook Company
Date
Language
English
Audience
Subject
Dime Novel or Graphic Novel
Historical
Race Relations
Romance
Historical
Race Relations
Romance
Coverage
1st Spanish Period
Has Format
Available for free from Villanova University.
Bibliographic Citation
Carleton, Capt. Latham C. "Turkey-Foot, or, The Chief's Revenge." Beadle's Frontier Series, no. 76, 1909.
Collection
Citation
Captain Latham C. Carleton, “"Turkey-Foot, or, The Chief's Revenge." Beadle's Frontier Series, no. 76.,” St. Augustine Fiction, accessed July 12, 2025, https://staugustinefiction.omeka.net/items/show/257.