Indicia title is “BEN BOWIE AND HIS MOUNTAIN MEN, No. 557.” Painted cover art. Directions for tanning a deerhide. The Wilderness Trail; Ben and his men help a wagon train of settlers fight off hostile Shawnee Indians as they make their way to the end of the Wilderness Trail at Garsen’s Gap. The Rival Company; Ben and Jim bring their beaver skins to the trading post only to find that the post operator is only buying from a man named Weber, who is using 20 Indians to force a monopoly on beaver trade in the area. All interior art by Frank Thorne. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.