The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 49, July 1945 - April, 1946 Page: 330
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reported to have joined the Texas Rangers and participated
in many border battles with Indians and Mexicans. One par-
ticularly romantic episode was his first meeting with Buffalo
Bill. Sam was in the Confederate Army-Bill wore the blue
-and their meeting was under a flag of truce to bury a mutual
comrade of border days. In 1882, Ingraham wrote the story
of Sam's early experiences for "Beadle's Boy's Library," large
series (121 issues, 1881-1884), under the title Plaza and Plain;
or, Wild Adventures of Buckskin Sam--Major Sam S. Hall-
The Noted Texas Ranger, Scout, Guide, Ranchero, and Indian-
Fighter of the Southwest Border. It was reissued at least twice
-as No. 27 in "Beadle's Boy's Library," small series (319 is-
sues, 1884-1890), with the original title and as No. 418 in
"Beadle's Pocket Library" in 1892 under the title Buckskin
Sam's Wild Ride; or, Plaza and Plain. Buckskin Sam wrote at
least thirty novels for "Beadle's Dime Library" and twenty
for "Beadle's Half Dime Library." During his latter years he
lived at Wilmington, Delaware, where it is said he occasionally
"shot up the town." He was a small, wiry man. His grammar
was faulty and required the careful supervision of Orville J.
Victor, Beadle's editor for nearly fifty years.
Colonel Prentiss Ingraham was a real soldier of fortune. He
fought for the Confederacy, refused to take "the oath," and
went to Mexico to fight for Juarez. He fought for Austria
against Prussia in 1866 and later fought against the Turks on
Crete. He was in the Cuban "ten years' war" for independence,
was captured and sentenced to death by the Spaniards. He
escaped and returned to America to embark on a literary career
that was to result in more than six hundred novels, of which
a few less than fifty were about Dime Novel Texas. He wrote
the story of the life of Texas Jack Omohundro for "Beadle's
Boy's Library," large series, with the title Texas Jack, the
Mustang King; Thrilling Adventures in the Life of J. B. Omo-
hundro, "Texas Jack," the Noted Scout, Indian Fighter, Guide,
Ranchero, Mustang Breaker and Hunter of the Lone Star State.
It is quite likely that he was the real author of the Dime Novels
credited to Omohundro and to Buffalo Bill. He used, as did
many of the Dime Novel writers, a number of pen names
including Major Dangerfield Burr, Captain Albert Taylor, Col-
onel Leon La Fitte, Colonel Jo Yards, Lieutenant L. Lounsberry,
Dr. Frank Powell, and Dr. Noel Dunbar. As he was a real
military man and somehow during his crowded career had330
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 49, July 1945 - April, 1946, periodical, 1946; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146056/m1/385/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.