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A Cycle of the West · Character

Bowers

A soldier at Fort Phil Kearney.

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Also known as And Bowers

First appearance: IV: Fort Phil Kearney

Bowers shows up with force in IV: Fort Phil Kearney. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Referenced as a source of knowledge about the Sioux; the less heroic jeer 'Bowers ought to know; Go ask him!'
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  • Major Figures of the Indian Wars
  • Ashley Expedition Members
  • Protagonist

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