“The Wrinkled Hand Chase11 is the story of Pvt. George Washington Dixon Joplin, dispatch rider for Brig. Gen Ranald Mackenzie’s 4th Cavalry, and his assignment to deliver a history-altering message to General Mackenzie. The problem? Dix is at Fort Concho, Mackenzie is hot on the heels of the Comanches up in the Texas panhandle.
Dix Joplin is a Fort Worth native and 1872 graduate of the Weatherford Masonic Institute (Weatherford College). A story within the story explains why a bright young man with an acceptance to the Harvard School of Medicine is now a private in the army
During the trip north Dix encounters many obstacles, situations, and ironically, a Comanche that has been charged with a similar message for Kwana Parker. Together the two try to stop the Red River War or as the Comanche called it—The Wrinkled Hand Chase.
The reader will meet characters such as Colonel Douglass, the wiley curmudgeon Joedean Overstreet, the surly Muley Jones, Lonzo the Harvard graduate, and Major Anderson. Along with Topusana, Kwana Parker, and Gen. Mackenzie. You’ll also get to know Rainey Buck, the fastest horse on the plains and One-Sock, the bird-dog mule.
