The Legend of Sam Dollar

<p>     Traveling from Wickenburg on his way to California the stagecoach is waylaid by Indians and Sam is wounded.  Dragged to safety by one of the passengers they witness another of the passengers Georges Latrelle shooting killing and scalping the driver messenger and other passengers to make it look like they were he  up by Indians.  Sam is too hurt to give testimony and his fellow passenger Ben Shaw is in a hurry to get to California himself.  </p><p>     While in Ehrenburg on the Colorado River Sam is invited to sail on a steamship the Fortunado along the coast and around the cape of Baja California.  The poker games entice and the owner of the ship Alejandro Mateos intent on making a go of his shipping business needs his help against pirates.  Elizabeth Fourchette accomplice of Georges is being squeezed out by Alejandro's sister Adelita and she uses poisoned wine to try to get her way.   <br>     Seeing that he survived the stagecoach robbery Sam isn't too keen on tracking down the mastermind Georges Latrelle.  However their paths keep crossing and when Georges tosses him overboard into the Sea of Cortez that is the last straw.  Sam must see this through to the end even if it takes a Poker Contest in San Francisco to do it.</p>