Later Work
Buntline continued to write dime novels, though none was as successful as his earlier work. Later in life he embellished his military career, claiming to have been chief of scouts in the Indian Wars, with the rank of colonel, and to have received twenty wounds in battle. He also used the following pseudonyms: Captain Hal Decker, Scout Jack Ford, and Edward Minturn. He settled into his home in Stamford, New York, where he died of congestive heart failure in 1886. Although he was once one of the wealthiest authors in America, his wife had to sell his beloved home "The Eagle's Nest" to pay his debts.
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