Rogue River

Gold had been discovered where the Rogue and Illinois Rivers spilled into the Pacific. Miner's shacks lined the beach and the town of Sebastopol steadily grew on the banks of the twin rivers in back. The nearest army outpost was thirty miles away at Crescent City, but no one worried much. Luke Prine made his journey into Crescent City once a week carrying gold dust and mail- and then Luke got a warning. Someone had been trading guns for Indian girls- and that meant trouble on two counts.