Indian captivities -- West (U.S.)
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Memoirs of a Captivity Among the Indians of North America (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Ohme, Brown, and Green, 1824), by John Dunn Hunter (illustrated HTML at merrycoz.org)- The Capture and Escape: or, Life Among the Sioux (Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen and Haffelfinger, 1870), by Sarah L. Larimer
- The Capture and Escape: or, Life Among the Sioux (Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen and Haffelfinger, 1871), by Sarah L. Larimer
- Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear: The Life and Adventures of Theresa Gowanlock and Theresa Delaney (1885), by Theresa Delaney and Theresa Gowanlock
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Indian captivities- Comanche and Kiowa Captives in Oklahoma and Texas (Guthrie, OK: Printed by Cooperative Pub. Co., c1959), by Hugh D. Corwin (page images at HathiTrust)
- Horrors of Indian Captivity: Authentic and Thrilling Sketches of Tragedies That Occurred on the Texas Frontier During Indian Times (Bandera, TX: Published for Frontier Times Museum by the Bandera Bulletin, c1954), by J. Marvin Hunter (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Captivity and Deliverance of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, of Lancaster, Who Was Taken By the French and Indians (Brookfield: Printed by Hori Brown, from the press of E. Merriam & Co., 1811), by Mary White Rowlandson
- Grey Hawk: Life and Adventures Among the Red Indians (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1902), by John Tanner, ed. by James Macaulay (multiple formats at Google; US access only)
- Hannah Swanton, the Casco Captive, Or, The Catholic Religion in Canada and Its Influence on the Indians in Maine (Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, 1837), by Cotton Mather (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Narrative of O. M. Spencer, Comprising an Account of His Captivity Among the Mohawk Indians in North America (London: J. Mason, 1836), by Oliver M. Spencer (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Narrative of the Captivity and Adventures of John Tanner, (U.S. Interpreter At the Saut De Ste. Marie,) During Thirty Years Residence Among the Indians in the Interior of North America (New York: G. & C. & H. Carvili, 1830), by John Tanner and Edwin James (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, by Mary White Rowlandson (Gutenberg text)
- A Narrative of the Captivity, Sufferings, and Removes, of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, Who Was Taken Prisoner by the Indians, With Several Others, and Treated in the Most Barbarous and Cruel Manner by Those Vile Savages; With Many Other Remarkable Events During Her Travels (Boston: T. and J. Fleet, 1791), by Mary White Rowlandson (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Soveraignty and Goodness of God Together, With the Faithfulness of His Promises Displayed: Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (second edition; Cambridge, MA: Printed by S. Green, 1682), by Mary White Rowlandson
- The American Indians: Their History, Condition and Prospects, From Original Notes and Manuscripts (Buffalo: G.H. Derby, 1851), by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The American Indians: Their History, Condition and Prospects, From Original Notes and Manuscripts (new revised edition; Rochester: Wanzer, Foot and Co., 1851), by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Forest and Frontiers: or, Adventures Among the Indians (originally published ca. 1852 as Thrilling Stories of the Forest and Frontier; attribution to G. A. Henty appears erroneous), contrib. by Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming (Gutenberg text)
- Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians (Hartford, CT: Mutual Pub. Co.; Philadelphia: Quaker City Pub. House, 1873), by Fanny Kelly (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Narrative of the Extraordinary Life of John Conrad Shafford, Known by Many by the Name of the Dutch Hermit (New York: C.L. Carpenter, 1840) (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Thrilling Stories of the Forest and Frontier, By an Old Hunter (Philadelphia: H. C. Peck and Theo. Bliss, 1859), contrib. by Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming (multiple formats at Google)
- Western Scenes and Reminiscences, Together with Thrilling Legends and Traditions of the Red Men of the Forest; To Which is Added Several Narratives of Adventures Among the Indians (Auburn: Derby and Miller; Buffalo: Derby, Orton and Mulligan, 1853), by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Perils of the Ocean and Wilderness: or, Narratives of Shipwreck and Indian Captivity, Gleaned From Early Missionary Annals (Boston: P. Donahoe, 1857), ed. by John Gilmary Shea
- Stories of the Revolution: With an Account of the Lost Child of the Delaware: Wheaton and the Panther, &c., by Josiah Priest (HTML at threerivershms.com)
- Sketches of Western Adventure: Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Incidents Connected with the Settlement of the West, from 1755 to 1794; Together With an Appendix (Philadelphia: Grigg and Elliot, 1832), by John A. McClung
- Ten Years of Upper Canada in Peace and War, 1805-1815: Being the Ridout Letters (Toronto: W. Briggs, 1890), by Thomas Ridout and Matilda Ridout Edgar
- A Journal Kept At Nootka Sound (Boston: Printed for the author, 1807), by John R. Jewitt (page images at UBC)
- A Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt, Only Survivor of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound, With an Account of the Manners, Mode of Living and Religious Opinions of the Natives (1816), by John R. Jewitt and Richard Alsop (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt, Only Survivor of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound, With an Account of the Manners, Mode of Living and Religious Opinions of the Natives (Middletown: Loomis and Richards, 1815), by John R. Jewitt and Richard Alsop (page images at Mystic Seaport)
- True Stories of New England Captives Carried to Canada During the Old French and Indian Wars (1897), by Charlotte Alice Baker (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Memoirs of Charles Dennis Rusoe D'Eres, a Native of Canada Who Was With the Scanyawtauragahroote Indians Eleven Years (Exeter, England: Printed for, and sold by Henry Ranlet, 1800), by Charles Dennis Rusoe D'Eres (multiple formats at archive.org)
- An Account of the Captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, Now or Late of Kachecky, in New-England: Who, With Four of Her Children and Servant-maid, Was Taken Captive By the Indians, and Carried Into Canada (London: Printed and sold by Samuel Clark ... , 1760), by Elizabeth Hanson and Samuel Bownas (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Story of the Rice Boys, Captured by the Indians, August 8, 1704 (Westborough, MA: Westborough Historical Society, 1906), by Ebenezer Parkman (page images at HathiTrust)
- Deadwood Dick, the Prince of the Road: or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills (Beadle's Half Dime Library, v1, no. 1; New York: Beadle and Adams, 1877), by Edward L. Wheeler (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Nathan Todd: or, The Fate of the Sioux' Captive (New York: Hurst and Co., c1910), by Edward Sylvester Ellis (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings, and Surprizing Deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro Man (Boston: Green and Russell, 1760), by Briton Hammon
- A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison, Who Was Taken by the Indians, In the Year 1755, When Only About Twelve Years of Age, and Has Continued to Reside Amongst Them to the Present Time, by James E. Seaver (Gutenberg text)
- The Shawnee Prisoner: A Borderer's Story (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, c1877), by Clara F. Guernsey (page images at HathiTrust)
- Timid Hare, the Little Captive (Racine and Chicago: Whitman Pub. Co., c1916), by Mary H. Wade, illust. by Louis Betts
- Seth Jones: or, The Captives of the Frontier (New York and London: Beadle and Co., c1860), by Edward Sylvester Ellis (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Bill Biddon, Trapper: or, Life in the Northwest (New York: Hurst and Co., c1916), by Edward Sylvester Ellis (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Settlers: A Tale of Virginia, by William Henry Giles Kingston (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Young Trailers, by Joseph A. Altsheler (Gutenberg text)
- The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boon, by John Filson, contrib. by Daniel Boone (Gutenberg text)
- The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boon (from George Imlay's 1793 edition), by John Filson, contrib. by Daniel Boone (illustrated HTML at earlyamerica.com)
- Captured by the Indians: Reminiscences of Pioneer Life in Minnesota, by Minnie Buce Carrigan (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)
- Decennium Luctuosum: An History of Remarkable Occurrences, in the Long War, Which New-England Hath Had With the Indian Savages, From the Year 1688 to the Year 1698 (Boston: Printed by B. Green and J. Allen, for S. Phillips, 1699), by Cotton Mather (HTML at Evans TCP)
- Narrative of a Captivity Among the Mohawk Indians, and a Description of New Netherland in 1642-3 (New York: Press of the Historical Society, 1856), by Isaac Jogues and John Gilmary Shea (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Nine Years a Captive, Or, John Gyles' Experience Among the Malicite Indians, From 1689 to 1698 (1875), by John Gyles and James Hannay (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Captives Among the Indians: First-Hand Narratives of Indian Wars, Customs, Tortures, and Habits of Life in Colonial Times (Outing Adventure Library #3; New York: Outing Pub. Co., 1915), ed. by Horace Kephart, contrib. by James Smith, Francesco Giuseppe Bressani, Mary White Rowlandson, and Massy Harbison
- An Account of the Remarkable Occurrences in the Life and Travels of Col. James Smith (Now a Citizen of Bourbon County, Kentucky) During His Captivity with the Indians, in the years 1755, '56, '57, '58, and '59 (Lexington, KY: Printed by J. Bradford, 1799), by James Smith
- An Account of the Remarkable Occurrences in the Life and Travels of Col. James Smith, During His Captivity With the Indians, in the Years 1755, '56, '57, '58 and '59 (Cincinnati: R. Clarke, 1870), by James Smith (multiple formats at archive.org)
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