Title: Marco and the Devil's Bargain
Description: Marco Mondragãn, a genial lawman on the New Mexican frontier in 1782, fears that his young wife, Paloma, will be stricken by the approaching smallpox epidemic. When their Comanche friend, Toshua, rescues Anthony Gill, a white physician, from the desert, they strike the titular bargain: Anthony will inoculate Paloma and their neighbors, and Marco and Toshua will escort Anthony to a Comanche hideaway that he suspects harbors his kidnapped daughter.
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Kidnapping, fiction, Husband and wife, fiction, Indians of North America, fiction, Epidemics, fiction
Places: New Mexico
People: Paloma Mondragon, Marco Mondragan, Toshua, Dr. Anthony Gill
Time periods: 18th century