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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, R. B. (Royal Byron), 1827-1875.
Publication
New-York : Carlton & Porter, 1858, [c1857]

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Additional Authors
  • Oatman, Olive Ann.
  • Oatman, Lorenzo D., 1836-
Description
1 online resource (290, 2, 4, 12 p., [2] leaves of plates) : ill., map, ports.
Series Statement
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks
Uniform Title
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks.
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."--T.p.
  • "Twentieth thousand."--T.p.
  • "Notices of the press."--2 p., 2nd count.
  • Publisher's advertising: 4 p., 3rd count; 12 p. 4th count.
  • Reproduction of the original from the Smith College Library.
OCLC
  • 505009915
  • NCCO2009846
Author
Stratton, R. B. (Royal Byron), 1827-1875.
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 : Carlton & Porter, 1858, [c1857]
Series
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks.
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Oatman, Olive Ann.
Oatman, Lorenzo D., 1836-
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