"I was a member of a small company of emigrants, who were attacked by an overwhelming force of hostile Sioux, which resulted in the death of a large proportion of the party, in my own capture, and a horrible...

"I was a member of a small company of emigrants, who were attacked by an overwhelming force of hostile Sioux, which resulted in the death of a large proportion of the party, in my own capture, and a horrible...

Fanny Kelly's 'My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians' is a gripping firsthand account of her abduction by Sioux Indians during the Plains Indian Wars. Written in a vivid and detailed style, Kelly recounts...

Fanny Kelly's 'The Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians' is a compelling first-hand account of her harrowing experiences during her capture by the Sioux tribe in the mid-19th century. Written...

In 'My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians' by Fanny Kelly, the reader is taken on a harrowing journey through the author's firsthand account of being captured by the Sioux tribe. Written in a compelling...

Fanny Kelly's 'My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians' is a gripping firsthand account of her harrowing experience as a captive of the Sioux tribe during the Plains Indian Wars. Written in a straightforward...

In May 1864, Fanny Kelly and her family joined a wagon train of pioneers heading west. Many of the men and women who had set out from Kansas would never reach their destination. The ill-fated party was...

Fanny Kelly’s memoir, first published in 1872, is an intelligent and thoughtful narrative. Kelly spent five months as a prisoner of Ogalalla Sioux in 1864 when she was nineteen years old. A woman of her...

Fanny Kelly's 'The Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians' is a compelling and harrowing account of her experiences as a captive of the Sioux tribe in the mid-19th century. Written in a straightforward...

"The Horrors of Indian Captivity: Narrative Of My Captivity Among The Sioux Indians" by Fanny Kelly is an inside look at what captivity among the wild tribes of the Great Plains was like, by someone who...

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