Captives Among the Indians: First-Hand Narratives of Indian Wars, Customs, Tortures, and Habits of Life in Colonial Times

ISBN-10
ISBN-13: 9798550358016
Series: Captives Among the Indians
Pages: 158
Language: English
Published: 2020-10-20
Author: Horace Kephart

Description

First-hand Narratives of Indian Wars, Customs, Tortures, and Habits of Life in Colonial Times.First there is the story of Captain James Smith, who was captured by the Delawares at the time of Braddock's defeat, was adopted into the tribe, and for four years lived as an Indian, hunting with them, studying their habits, and learning their point of view. Then there is the story of Father Bressani who felt the tortures of the Iroquois, of Mary Rowlandson who was among the human spoils of King Philip's war, and of Mercy Harbison who suffered in the red flood that followed St. Clair's defeat. All are personal records made by the captives themselves in those old days when the Indian was constantly at our forefathers's doors.These brutal accounts are not for the faint-hearted. This collection was edited in 1915, and takes the reader back to a time when not all was as good as we nowadays think it was.