Le Vingtième de cavalerie

Le Vingtième de cavalerie (The Twentieth Cavalry)
Cover of the French edition
Date	1965
Series	Lucky Luke
Publisher	Dupuis
Creative team
Writers	Goscinny Morris
Artists	Morris
Original publication
Date of publication	1965
Language	French
Chronology
Preceded by	Les Dalton se rachètent (1965)
Followed by	L'Escorte (1966)

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 1965 and English in 2010 as The Twentieth Cavalry.

Plot[]

Buffaloes having been illegally hunted on their territory, which the Cheyenne need for their survival, the Cheyenne break the treaty authorizing the free movement of whites on it. Worse than that is that someone has even provided the Indians with firearms! Lucky Luke is sent to find a solution to the crisis and do everything to get a new pact signed between Yellow Dog and McStraggle, colonel of the 20th Cavalry Regiment.

Lucky Luke volunteers as scout for the 20th Cavalry and, visiting Yellow Dog, quickly finds out that Derek Flood, 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 Flood exploits his insider knowledge of the fort to starve out his ex-comrades. Lucky Luke and Grover escape the siege to fetch reinforcements to rescue their comrades. The reinforcements arrive just as McStraggle leads a potentially suicidal charge out the fort, forcing the Indians to surrender. Flood is arrested.

Characters[]

• Colonel McStraggle: Commanding the regiment 20th cavalry.
• Ming Li Foo: Launderer.
• Derek Flood: Deserter and arms dealer.
• Grover McStraggle: Rider of the regiment, son of the colonel.
• Jeremiah Bowler: Hatter.
• Yellow Dog: Chief of the Cheyenne.
• Crazy Coyote: Chief of the Sioux.
• Sick Eagle: Chief of the Arapahoes.

Notes[]

• The character of Colonel McStraggle is a nod on actor Randolph Scott.

External links[]

• Lucky Luke official site album index (in French)
• Goscinny website on Lucky Luke(in French)

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