Five fictional early west adventures in common with events of the 1860 to 1880 era . Enjoyable unusual, sometimes violent but factual stories from that period of our southwest history. Follow the rescue of a young wife from imprisonment by a jealous outlaw killer. She only needed a gun and the help of a helpless alcoholic. She would shoot her way out . Then experience the love and compassion when a rejected sweet heart takes in an abandoned mother with small children. Surprising help from a saloon girl on a cattle drive, then experience a blind soldier's terror when thrown in a mass grave of dead men while still alive . The "I'll be Jesus" comment would play a major role in his life Then a young woman's escape from the terrorizing massacre of an Indian tribe at Sand Creek , Colorado. Her desperate flight to final safety as an Indian Scout threatened ,"Sheriff, before you go, I want you to know , If Sawyer comes anywhere near these girls again, I'll kill him and you can list his death as a suicide."