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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 : For the author by Carlton & Porter, 1858, [c1857]
Supplementary Content
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Description
290, 2, 4, 12 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill., map, port.; 19 cm.
Alternative Title
Captivity of the Oatman girls among the Apache and Mohave Indians
Subject
  • Oatman family
  • Indian captivities > West (U.S.)
  • 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."
  • "Twentieth thousand."
  • Publisher's advertising: 2 p., 2nd count; 4 p., 3rd count; 12 p., 4th count.
  • Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
  • Sabin no. 92742.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
TGPSM09-B954
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 : For the author by Carlton & Porter, 1858, [c1857]
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Local Note
Biography.
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Running Title
Captivity of the Oatman girls among the Apache and Mohave Indians
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