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Title	Captured by the Indians : 15 firsthand accounts, 1750-1870 / edited by Frederick Drimmer.
Publication Info.	New York : Dover, 1985, c1961.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 2	970.6 C	IN LIBRARY

Description	378 p. ; 22 cm.
Note	Reprint. Originally published: Scalps and tomahawks. New York : Coward McCann, 1961.
Bibliography	Bibliography: p. 371-378.
Contents	Prisoner of the Caughnawagas / James Smith -- Death in the snow / Thomas Brown -- Massacre at Michilimackinac / Alexander Henry -- An inch of ground to fight on / Moses Van Campen -- That is your great captain / John Knight -- To eat fire tomorrow / John Slover -- White Indian / John Tanner -- Three came back / Charles Johnston -- The headhunters of Nootka / John Rodgers Jewitt -- Remember the River Raisin! / Elias Darnell -- Ambush / Ransom Clark -- The attack on the lighthouse / John W.B. Thompson -- Three years among the Comanches / Nelson Lee -- Revolt of the Sioux / Lavina Eastlick -- Ho for Idaho! / Fanny Kelly.
Subject	Indian captivities -- United States.
	Indians of North America -- Social life and customs.
	Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- History.
	Captivity narratives -- North America.
Added Author	Drimmer, Frederick, editor.
Added Title	Scalps and tomahawks.
ISBN	0486249018 (pbk.)
	9780486249018 (pbk.)

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