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A Fate Worse Than Death: Indian Captivities in the West 1830 - 1885

A Fate Worse Than Death: Indian Captivities in the West 1830 - 1885


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Life was uncertain in the 19th century on America's western frontier. Settlers in this vast region faced many hardships. One of the greatest dangers, especially for women and children, was the threat of capture by Indians. Natives took thousands of prisoners. Some of the captives were assimilated, others died or were killed. Some were eventually rescued by force or through payment of ransom. But even those who returned to their communities bore the scars of their experiences for the rest of their lives-lives often shortened by the physical and mental abuse they had suffered. Gregory and Susan Michno spent years collecting, sorting and checking facts from scores of military and newspaper reports, family histories and interviews with people captured by Indians. This book, the result of that research, is the most extensive collection ever assembled of what it was like to be an Indian captive in the West. Covering captivities in virtually all regions of the West, with special emphasis on Texas, A Fate Worse Than Death is both a record of human brutality and a testament to the durability of the human spirit.

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"Captivity narratives have been a standard genre of writings about Indians of the East for several centuries. Until now, the West has been almost entirely neglected except in occasional anecdotal form. Now comes Greg Michno with a pathbreaking study that moves the genre firmly west of the Mississippi. Although concentrating on Texas, he has embraced the entire region and researched dozens of stories with his typical skill. He has filled a large gap in the history of the American West." "These compelling stories of human suffering and survival have both an individual and a cumulative impact. By going where many historians have not been willing to go, to the actual records, the Michnos have given incontrovertible evidence that Indian captivity in the West, especially for women, was indeed a grim fate. Rape and slavery are never justified, and its victims deserve the respectful attention and sympathy that A Fate Worse Than Death gives them."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780870044519
  • Publisher: Caxton Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Caxton Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Indian Captivities in the West 1830 - 1885
  • ISBN-10: 0870044516
  • Publisher Date: 25 Jun 2007
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Returnable: N


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