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Captivity of the Oatman girls being an interesting narrative of life among the Apache and Mohave Indians

Title
Captivity of the Oatman girls [electronic resource] : being an interesting narrative of life among the Apache and Mohave Indians / as given by Lorenzo D. and Olive A. Oatman, the only surviving members of the family, to the author, R.B. Stratton.
Author
Stratton, Royal B., -1875.
Publication
New-York : Printed for the author, 1858, [c1857]
Supplementary Content
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Details

Additional Authors
  • Oatman, Olive Ann.
  • Oatman, Lorenzo D., 1836-
Description
290, 2 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill., map, ports.; 19 cm.
Subject
  • Oatman, Lorenzo D., 1836- > Captivity, 1851
  • Oatman, Olive Ann > Captivity, 1851
  • Oatman, Mary Ann, -1852 > Captivity, 1851
  • Oatman family > Captivity, 1851
  • Indian captivities > Southwest, New
  • Apache Indians
  • Mohave Indians
Note
  • "Containing an interesting account of the massacre of the Oatman family by the Apache Indians in 1851; the narrow escape of Lorenzo D. Oatman; the capture of Olive A. and Mary A. Oatman; the death by starvation of the latter; the five years' suffering and captivity of Olive A. Oatman; also, her singular recapture in 1856."
  • "Fourteenth thousand."
  • "Notices of the press."--2 p., 2nd count.
  • Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
  • Sabin no. 92742.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
TGPSM09-B717
Author
Stratton, Royal B., -1875.
Title
Captivity of the Oatman girls [electronic resource] : being an interesting narrative of life among the Apache and Mohave Indians / as given by Lorenzo D. and Olive A. Oatman, the only surviving members of the family, to the author, R.B. Stratton.
Imprint
New-York : Printed for the author, 1858, [c1857]
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Local Note
Biography; Women; Race; Antebellum.
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Added Author
Oatman, Olive Ann.
Oatman, Lorenzo D., 1836-
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