When Spencer Dutton first appears in 1923, he is hunting a lion in Africa. Spencer is the youngest of James and Margaret’s children, who was born sometime after the events of 1883. The rest of the Duttons are now working on the family Ranch in Montana, so why is Spencer on the other side of the world?
Spencer Dutton is James and Margaret’s youngest child
1883 tells the story of the 19th-century Dutton’s treacherous journey West in search of a better life. James and his wife Margaret braved the journey with their children Elsa and John, but their daughter didn’t survive the trip.
