Minnie Buce Carrigan, William Elsey Connelley.
In Georgia , where he'd cut his path of destruction seven years before , people still spoke the name Sherman with a mixture of enmity and terror . Auguste wasn't afraid of him , however ; this man could help her more than anyone ...
Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879
This Newbery Honor book is based on the true story of Mary Jemison, the pioneer known as the “White Woman of the Genesee.” This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lois Lenski including rare images and never-before-seen documents ...
This important book is thus multidisciplinary in its concept, providing ethnographic, historical, and literary insights into the lives and customs of Native Americans and their captives in the New World.
Captivity Narratives - Six True Stories of Indian Captivity - American Indian Slaves & Captives. Captivity narratives are stories of people captured by enemies whom they generally consider "uncivilized.
This collection includes well known pieces such as Mary Rowlandson's "A True History" (1682), Cotton Mather's version of Hannah Dunstan's infamous captivity and escape (after scalping her captors!), and the "Panther Captivity", as well as ...
Although Brayton's treatment was not entirely negative or positive, his frank and blunt story does much to dispel the romantic stories that have been perpetuated about young settlers' children who became Indian chattel.
This book is Sarah Larimer's story of her ordeal. Fanny Kelly's captivity with the Sioux lasted longer and on her release she also wrote a book about her experiences.
But the splinter group kept planning to harm Quanah Parker, so Dinero gave them a choice, saying, “We can just settle it here.” One of the group said, “I don't want to fight and hurt my pride,” and Dinero said, “Your pride's not going ...
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