Stained Gold By James Willard Schultz

Stained Gold

By James Willard Schultz

Stained Gold is one of the rarest works by James Willard Schultz, reprinted in its entirety, even has original dust cover art work.

Montana Territory, 1864.

Carter and his partner live a quiet, rugged life among the Blackfeet. The buffalo are thick on the plains, the beaver trade is strong, and their bond with the tribe runs deep.

       But everything changes after a raid on an enemy camp reveals three dead white men—and a sack of yellow gravel. Gold!!!.

       Passed to Carter by the Blackfeet warrior Three Bulls, the gold brings more than promise—it brings death. First, the miner who unearthed it. Then the men who stole it. And now, unknowingly, to those who possess it, more death will come.

       Unexpected mishaps, violent turns, and cruel luck seem to follow that yellow gravel wherever it goes. One by one, good men fall. Innocents are caught in the crossfire. And the prairie runs red. At the end of the grueling, perilous trail marked by death and misfortune, the truth is undeniable: this isn’t just gold—it’s stained gold.

This reprint mirrors the original book, with identical text, pictures, and even has the original dust cover artwork, preserving the first edition's look and feel.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

James Willard Schultz was born in 1859 and ventured west while still a young man. There, he took an Indian wife and lived among her people—hunting beside them, fighting beside them, even riding out on raids against enemy camps. Many a night he sat cross-legged on buffalo robes beneath the flickering firelight of a lodge, listening to the stories of warriors and aged war chiefs, their voices low and steady as they spoke of battles, spirits, and the old ways.

       It was from these stories—and from his own raw experiences on the frontier—that Schultz drew the material for his books, eventually writing some thirty-seven in total. He remained with his Indian friends well into his later years, following them even onto the reservation, where he lived in a teepee and had the newspaper delivered to his door.