Drimmer F. Captured By The Indians: 15 Firsthand Accounts, 1750-1870

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Dover Publications, 1985. - 384 p.
ISBN: 0486249018

Поразительные воспоминания свидетелей пленения белых людей индейцами, которые сумели выжили и рассказать об этом правду. Пятнадцать истинных событий, в которых было все: страдания и пытки, кровавая резня и неустанное преследование, удивительное спасение и принятие в индийские племена. Очаровательный исторический отчет в котором нашли свое отображение индейская культура и пограничная жизнь.

Contents:
Prisoner of the Caughnawagas: james smith
Death in the Snow: thomas brown
Massacre at Michilimackinac: alexander henry
An Inch of Ground to Fight On: moses van campen
That Is Your Great Captain: john knight
To Eat Fire Tomorrow: John slover
White Indian: John tanner
Three Came Back: charles Johnston
The Headhunted of Nootka: john rodgers jewitt
Remember the River Raisin!: elias daell
Ambush: ransom clark
The Attack on the Lighthouse: john w. b. Thompson
Three Years Among the Comanches: nelson lee
Revolt of the Sioux: lavina eastlick
Ho for Idaho!: fanny kelly

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