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Captivity of the Oatman Girls / Being an Interesting Narrative of Life Among the Apache and Mohave Indians

Chapter 1: CAPTIVITY OF THE OATMAN GIRLS:
By R. B. Stratton
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A migrating family is attacked on a western overland route; several members are killed and two young daughters are carried into captivity. A teenage son escapes with injuries; the younger captive dies of starvation, while the older endures years among Mohave and Apache communities, experiencing adoption, cultural rites, and survival under harsh conditions. The narrative combines the survivors' firsthand testimony with descriptions of indigenous customs, attempts at ransom and rescue, and the author's commentary on suffering and providence. Chapters alternate between violent incident, daily captivity, tribal practices, and the eventual restoration of the surviving sister.

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Title: Captivity of the Oatman Girls

Author: R. B. Stratton

Release date: July 8, 2017 [eBook #55071]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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OLIVE OATMAN.

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; THE DEATH, BY STARVATION, OF THE LATTER; THE FIVE YEARS’ SUFFERING AND CAPTIVITY OF OLIVE A. OATMAN; ALSO, HER SINGULAR RECAPTURE IN 1856; AS GIVEN BY LORENZO D. AND OLIVE A. OATMAN, THE ONLY SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY, TO THE AUTHOR,

R. B. STRATTON.

TWENTIETH THOUSAND.

New-York:
PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR,

BY CARLTON & PORTER, 200 MULBERRY-STREET.
FOR SALE BY INGHAM & BRAGG, 67 SUPERIOR-ST., CLEVELAND, O.
1858.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by

LORENZO D. OATMAN,

in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Northern District of the
State of California.