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Frontier mother / by O. Glenn Stahl ; ill. by Kay Russ.
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- North Quincy, Mass. : Christopher Pub. House, c1979.
- 1979
- 1 Item
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Wizard of the upper Amazon [by] Manuel Córdova-Rios and F. Bruce Lamb.
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- New York, Atheneum, 1971.
- 1971
- 1 Item
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A selection of some of the most interesting narratives of outrages committed by the Indians in their wars with the white people.
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- [New York] Arno Press [1971]
- 1971-1888
- 1 Item
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Bibliography of Indian captivities.
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- [New York, New York Public Library, 1972]
- 1972
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZH-254 r. 1, A - R Offsite Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZH-254 r. 2, S - Z Offsite White savage; the case of John Dunn Hunter.
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- New York, Schocken Books [1972]
- 1972
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text HBM (Hunter, J.) 73-2057 Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
The life and curious adventures of Peter Williamson, who was carried off from Aberdeen and sold for a slave; containing the history of the author's surprising adventures in North America; his captivity among the Indians, and the manner of his escape; the customs, dress, etc. of the savages; military operations in that quarter; a description of the British settlements, etc. A new ed.
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- Aberdeen, L. Smith, 1841.
- 1841
- 1 Item
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Biography of Frances Slocum, the lost sister of Wyoming.
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- New York, Arno Press, 1974 [c1890]
- 1974-1891
- 1 Item
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A narrative of the captivity of Mrs. Johnson.
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- New York : Garland Pub., 1976.
- 1976-1796
- 1 Item
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The child captives / Margaret Hosmer.
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- New York : Garland Pub., 1976
- 1976-1870
- 1 Item
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The redeemed captive / John Williams ; edited by Edward W. Clark.
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- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1976.
- 1976
- 1 Item
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Narrative of the capture and subsequent sufferings of Mrs. Rachel Plummer during a captivity of twenty-one months among the Comanche Indians; with a sketch of their manners, customs, laws, &c., &.; with a short description of the country over which she traveled whilst with the Indians, written by herself. 1839 [microform].
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- Waco, Tex., Printed by Texan Press, 1968.
- 1968
The orphan's experience / M. V. B. Morrison.
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- New York : Garland Pub., 1977.
- 1977-1868
- 1 Item
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The boy captives : (Clinton and Jeff Smith) / [as told to] J. Marvin Hunter.
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- New York : Garland Pub., 1977.
- 1977-1927
- 1 Item
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Narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt : while held as a captive of the Nootka Indians of Vancouver Island, 1803 to 1805 / edited and annotated by Robert F. Heizer.
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- Ramona, Calif. : Ballena Press, 1975.
- 1975-1820
- 1 Item
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Conquering the wilderness; or, New pictorial history of the life and times of the pioneer heroes and heroines of America [microform] By Colonel Frank Triplett ... With 200 portraits from life, and ... engravings from designs by Nast, Darley, and other eminent artists.
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- New York and St. Louis, N. D. Thompson & company, 1883.
- 1883
Matilda : or, The Indian's captive / James Russell.
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- New York : Garland Pub., 1977.
- 1977-1833
- 1 Item
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Life of Mary Jemison, Deh-he-wä-mis. 4th ed....
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- New York and Auburn, Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856.
- 1856
- 2 Items
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZAN-T3340 reel 295 no. 1988-1997 Offsite Captivity of the Oatman girls: being an interesting narrative of life among the Apache and Mohave Indians. 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 ... as given by Lorenzo D. and Olive A. Oatman ... to the author, R. B. Stratton. 20th thousand.
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- New York, Pub. for the author, by Carlton & Porter, 1858.
- 1858
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZAN-T3340 reel 298 no. 2014-2017.1, v. 2 Offsite Narrative of the capture and subsequent sufferings of Mrs. Rachel Plummer during a captivity of twenty-one months among the Cumanche Indians ...
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- [Louisville, Ky., Printed at the Morning Courier office, 1839]
- 1839
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZAN-T3340 reel 178 no. 1160-1167 Offsite The happy captive / by Francisco Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán ; translated from the Spanish by William C. Atkinson ; vinyl-cuts by John Lawrence.
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- London : Folio Society, 1977.
- 1977
- 1 Item
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A thrilling narrative of Indian captivity.
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- Minneapolis, Minn., Atlas company's book and job printing office, 1863.
- 1863
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZAN-T3340 Reel 347 no. 2391-2398.1 Offsite A narrative of the captivity of Mrs Johnson. Containing an account of her sufferings during four years with the Indians and French ...
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- Walpole, N. H. Printed by D. Carlisle, jun., 1796.
- 1796
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZAN-T3340 reel 43 No. 268, v. 2 No. 276, v. 1 Offsite A narrative of the captivity, sufferings, and removes, of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, who was taken prisoner by the Indians ... Written by her own hand ...
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- [Leominster, Mass.?] Printed for Chapman Whitcomb [ca. 1800]
- 1800
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZAN-T3340 Reel 104 no. 695-699 Offsite Pioneer mothers of the West; or, Daring and heroic deeds of American women ...
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- Boston, Lee and Shepard, [c1859]
- 1859
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZAN-T3340 reel 259 no. 1737-1740 Offsite Heroic women of the West: comprising thrilling examples of courage, fortitude, devotedness, and self-sacrifice, among the pioneer mothers of the western country ...
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- Philadelphia, A. Hart, 1854.
- 1854
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZAN-T3340 reel 259 no. 1737-1740 Offsite Biography of Frances Slocum, the lost sister of Wyoming. A complete narrative of her captivity and wanderings among the Indians.
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- Williamsport, Pa., Heller bros.' printing house, 1891.
- 1891
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZAN-T3340 reel 578 no. 4507-4517 Offsite Two months in the camp of Big Bear. The life and adventures of Theresa Gowanlock and Theresa Delaney.
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- Parkdale, Times office, 1885.
- 1885
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZAN-T3340 reel 448 no. 3312-3318 Offsite Heroism of Hannah Duston, together with the Indian wars of New England.
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- Boston, B. B. Russell & co., 1874.
- 1874
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZAN-T3340 reel 371 no. 2581-2585 Offsite Narrative of my captivity among the Sioux Indians. With a brief account of General Sully's Indian expedition in 1864, bearing upon events occurring in my captivity. 2d ed.
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- Chicago, Donnelley, Gassette & Loyd, 1880.
- 1880
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZAN-T3340 reel 459 no. 3403-3411 Offsite Deh-he-wa-mis, or, A narrative of the life of Mary Jemison [microform] otherwise called the White woman, who has taken captive by the Indians in MDCCLV; and who continued with them seventy eight years. Containing an account of the murder of her father and his family; her marriages and sufferings; Indian barbarities, customs and traditions. Carefully taken from her own words, by James E. Seaver. Also the life of Hiokatoo, and Ebenezer Allen; a sketch of General Sullivan's campaign; tragedy of the "Devils Hole," etc. The whole revised, corrected and enlarged: with descriptive and historical sketches of the Six Nations, the Genesee country, and other interesting facts connected with the narrative: by Ebenezer Mix.
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- Batavia, N. Y., W. Seaver and Son, 1842.
- 1842
- 1 Item
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History of Frances Slocum, the captive. A civilized heredity vs. a savage, and later barbarous, environment, by Charles Elihu Slocum ...
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- Defiance, O., The author, 1908.
- 1908
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZH-633 13 misc. american history titles Offsite Narrative of Olive M. Spencer; comprising an account of his captivity among the Mohawk Indians, in North America. Rev. from the original papers, by the author of Moral and scientific dialogues. 3d ed.
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- London, J. Mason, 1854.
- 1854
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZH-633 13 misc. american history titles Offsite The Duston monument ; preliminary proceedings to its erection on the island Contoocook; its inscriptions, and programme at its unveiling, June 17, 1874; together with an historical oration and poem.
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- [Lowell, Mass.?, 1874.]
- 1874
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZH-633 13 misc. american history titles Offsite Prosistas coloniales del siglo XVII, Rosales y Pineda Bascuñán : textos complementarios / José Anadón.
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- [Santiago de Chile] : Seminario de Filología Hispánica, 1978.
- 1978
- 1 Item
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A narrative of the Lord's wonderful dealings with John Marrant, a Black / John Marrant.
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- New York : Garland Pub., 1978.
- 1978-1785
- 1 Item
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True stories of New England captives / Charlotte Alice Baker.
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- New York : Garland Pub., 1976 [c1897]
- 1976-1897
- 1 Item
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History of the captivity and providential release therefrom of Mrs. Caroline Harris, wife of the late Mr. Richard Harris, of Franklin County ... New-York; who, with Mrs. Clarissa Plummer, wife of Mr. James Plummer, were, in the spring of 1835, (with their unfortunate husbands,) taken prisoners by the Camanche tribe of Indians, while emigrating from said Franklin county (N. Y.) to Texas ...
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- New-York, Perry and Cooke, 1838.
- 1838
- 1 Item
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Puritans among the Indians : accounts of captivity and redemption, 1676-1724 / edited by Alden T. Vaughan & Edward W. Clark.
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- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press, 1981.
- 1981
- 2 Items
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text NYGB E 85 P87 Offsite Cynthia Ann Parker [microform].
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- San Antonio, Naylor Co. [1959]
- 1959
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZH-671 Offsite Trois ans d'esclavage chez les Patagons (1856-1859) / Auguste Guinnard ; texte présenté par Jean-Paul Duviols ; avant-propos de Gilles Manceron.
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- Paris : Aubier Montaigne, c1979.
- 1979
- 1 Item
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Narratives of North American Indian captivity : a selective bibliography / Alden T. Vaughan.
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- New York : Garland Pub., 1983.
- 1983
- 1 Item
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The Indians and their captives / edited and compiled by James Levernier and Hennig Cohen.
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- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1977.
- 1977
- 1 Item
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The Indian captive : a narrative of the adventures & sufferings of Matthew Brayton in his thirty-four years of captivity among the Indians of northwestern America / John Herbert Aloysius Bone.
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- Fairfield, Wash. : Ye Galleon Press, 1982.
- 1982-1860
- 1 Item
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Seven and nine years among the Camanches and Apaches [microform] : an autobiography.
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- Jersey City : Clark Johnson, [1880?], c1873
- 1880-1873
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZH-748 no. 1-9 Offsite The Indian captivity narrative : an American genre / Richard VanDerBeets.
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- Lanham, MD : University Press of America, c1984.
- 1984
- 1 Item
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Ride the wind : the story of Cynthia Ann Parker and the last days of the Comanche / Lucia St. Clair Robson.
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- New York : Ballantine, 1982.
- 1982
- 1 Item
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Juana, a Spanish girl in central Texas / by Pearl Andrus.
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- Burnet, Tex. : Eakin Publications, c1982.
- 1982
- 1 Item
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A woman of the people / Benjamin Capps ; afterword by James W. Lee.
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- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1985, c1966.
- 1985-1966
- 1 Item
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Six weeks in the Sioux tepees / Sarah F. Wakefield.
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- Fairfield, Wash. : Galleon Press, [1985]
- 1985
- 1 Item
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