Dime Western
Most would hardly be recognizable as a modern western , having more in common with James Fennimore Cooper's Leatherstocking saga , but many of the standard elements originated here: a cool detached hero , a frontiersman ( later a cowboy ) , a fragile heroine in danger of the despicable outlaw , savage Indians , violence and gunplay , and the final outcome where Truth and Light wins over all . 
<triplet> Leatherstocking <subj> James Fennimore Cooper <obj> author