Captured By The Indians: 15 Firsthand Accounts, 1750-1870
by Frederick Drimmer Editor
(From Amazon): Astounding eyewitness accounts of Indian captivity by people who lived to tell the tale. Fifteen true adventures recount suffering and torture, bloody massacres, relentless pursuits, miraculous escapes, and adoption into Indian tribes. Fascinating historical record and revealing picture of Indian culture and frontier life. Introduction. Notes.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0486249018
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 16
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Copyright
- 1985
Chapters
- intro Captured by the Indians
- 1 Prisoner of the Caughnwagas : JAMES SMITH
- 2 Death in the Snow: THOMAS BROWN
- 3 Massacre at Michilimackinac: ALEXANDER HENRY
- 4 An Inch of Ground to Fight On: MOSES VAN CAMPEN
- 5 That is Your Great Captain: JOHN KNIGHT
- 6 To Eat Fire Tomorrow: JOHN SLOVER
- 7 White Indian: JOHN TANNER
- 8 Three Came Back: CHARLES THOMAS
- 9 The Headhunters of Nootka: JOHN RODGERS JEWITT
- 10 Remember the River Raisin!: ELIAS DARNELL
- 11 Ambush: RANSOM CLARK
- 12 The Attack on the Lighthouse: JOHN W.B.THOMPSON
- 13 Three Years Among the Comanchees: NELSON LEE
- 14 Revolt of the Sioux: LAVINA EASTLICK
- 15 Ho for Idaho!: FANNY KELLY
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