| Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians - With a Brief Account of General Sully's Indian Expedition in 1864, Bearing Upon Events Occurring i Contributor(s): Kelly, Fanny (Author) |
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ISBN: 1406793647 ISBN-13: 9781406793642 Publisher: Pomona Press OUR PRICE: $29.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: "A Pioneer Woman's Harrowing story of Frontier Experiences during the Opening of the West - Contents Include: Early History - The Attack and the Capture - My Husband's Escape - Beginning of my Captivity - Plan for Little Mary's Escape - Suffering from Thirst and Weariness - Powder River - The storm - Preparations for Battle - Mourning for the Slain - Meet another White Female Captive - Despair and Delirium - A Letter from Captain Marshall - Lost in the Indian Village - Fourteen Whites Killed - Scenes on Cannon Ball Prairie - A Prairie on Fire - Negotiations for my Ransom - Indian Customs - An Indian Tradition - I am Free!- Retrospection - Sad Fate of Little Mary - Reward Offered - Mother and Child - A Brutal Father - I Go to Washington - General Sully's Expedition - Poem to Mrs. Fannie Kelly - Certificate of Indian Chiefs - Certified Copies of my Correspondence with Captain Fisk - Statement of Lieutenant G.A. Hesselberg - Statements of Officers and Members of the Sixth Iowa Cavalry" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.83 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
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| Publisher Description: "A Pioneer Woman's Harrowing story of Frontier Experiences during the Opening of the West - Contents Include: Early History The Attack and the Capture My Husband's Escape Beginning of my Captivity Plan for Little Mary's Escape Suffering from Thirst and Weariness Powder River The storm Preparations for Battle Mourning for the Slain Meet another White Female Captive Despair and Delirium A Letter from Captain Marshall Lost in the Indian Village Fourteen Whites Killed Scenes on Cannon Ball Prairie A Prairie on Fire Negotiations for my Ransom Indian Customs An Indian Tradition I am Free Retrospection Sad Fate of Little Mary Reward Offered Mother and Child A Brutal Father I Go to Washington General Sully's Expedition Poem to Mrs. Fannie Kelly Certificate of Indian Chiefs Certified Copies of my Correspondence with Captain Fisk Statement of Lieutenant G.A. Hesselberg Statements of Officers and Members of the Sixth Iowa Cavalry " |