Le Vingtième de cavalerie
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Le Vingtième de cavalerie is a Lucky Luke
adventure written by Goscinny and illustrated by Morris
. It is the twenty seventh book in the series and It was originally published in French in the year 1965 .
, because the Indians claim that white men had wantonly killed buffaloes
, which the Cheyenne need for their survival. Worse than that is that someone has even provided the Indians with firearms!
Lucky Luke volunteers as scout for the 20th Cavalry and quickly finds out that Derek Floyd, a renegade cavalrist is hatching a plot against McStraggle for having kicked him out of the army. The situation for the beleaguered soldiers becomes more desperate as Floyd exploits his insider knowledge of the fort to starve out his ex-comrades.
Lucky Luke
Lucky Luke is a Belgian comics series created by Belgian cartoonist, Maurice De Bevere better known as Morris, the original artist, and was for one period written by René Goscinny...
adventure written by Goscinny and illustrated by Morris
Morris (comics)
Maurice De Bevere , better known as Morris, was a Belgian cartoonist and the creator of Lucky Luke. His pen name is an alternate spelling of his first name.-Biography:...
. It is the twenty seventh book in the series and It was originally published in French in the year 1965 .
Plot
The 20th Cavalry detachment under the stern commander Colonel McStraggle is besieged by the CheyenneCheyenne
Cheyenne are a Native American people of the Great Plains, who are of the Algonquian language family. The Cheyenne Nation is composed of two united tribes, the Só'taeo'o and the Tsétsêhéstâhese .The Cheyenne are thought to have branched off other tribes of Algonquian stock inhabiting lands...
, because the Indians claim that white men had wantonly killed buffaloes
American buffalo
American buffalo is the colloquial name for the American bison.American Buffalo may refer to:*American Buffalo , a play by David Mamet*American Buffalo , a 1996 film of Mamet's play*American Buffalo , a United States coin...
, which the Cheyenne need for their survival. Worse than that is that someone has even provided the Indians with firearms!
Lucky Luke volunteers as scout for the 20th Cavalry and quickly finds out that Derek Floyd, a renegade cavalrist is hatching a plot against McStraggle for having kicked him out of the army. The situation for the beleaguered soldiers becomes more desperate as Floyd exploits his insider knowledge of the fort to starve out his ex-comrades.