Indian captivities -- Fiction

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• 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)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• 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 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 (multiple formats at archive.org)
• 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)
• 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 My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians (Hartford, CT: Mutual, 1871), by Fanny Kelly
  • page images at MOA
  • page images at canadiana.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)
• 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)
• 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 (Cambridge, MA: Printed by Samuel Green, 1682), by Mary White Rowlandson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• 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)
• 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 (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)

• A Journal Kept At Nootka Sound (Boston: Printed for the author, 1807), by John Rodgers Jewitt (page images at canadiana.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 (1816), by John Rodgers 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 (1815), by John Rodgers Jewitt and Richard Alsop (HTML and page images at LOC)

• 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)
• 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)

• A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson: Containing an Account of Her Sufferings During Four Years With the Indians and French (Walpole, NH: Printed at Walpole, Newhampshire, by David Carlisle, 1796), by Mrs. Johnson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson: Containing an Account of Her Sufferings, During Four Years, With the Indians and French (Windsor (Vt.): Printed by Alden Spooner, 1807), by Mrs. Johnson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson: Containing an Account of Her Sufferings, During Four Years, With the Indians and French (New York, 1841), by Mrs. Johnson (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)

• Memoirs of Odd Adventures, Strange Deliverances, &c. in the Captivity of John Gyles, Esq., Commander of the Garrison on St. George's River (1736), by John Gyles (multiple formats at archive.org)

• A Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and His Family: Who Were Surprised By the Indians and Taken From Their Farms on the Frontiers of Pennsylvania in the Spring, 1780, by Benjamin Gilbert (page images at canadiana.org)

• The Remarkable Adventures of Jackson Johonnet, of Massachusetts (1793), by Jackson Johonnet, ed. by Paul Royster (PDF at unl.edu)

• A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings, and Surprizing Deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro Man, by Briton Hammon (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• 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)

• 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
  • volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Gutenberg text

• 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
  • text at hicom.net

• 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 (HTML and page images at LOC)

• 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)

• A Selection of Some of the Most Interesting Narratives of Outrages Committed By the Indians in Their Wars With the White People: Also, an Account of Their Manners, Customs, Traditions, Religious Sentiments, Mode of Warfare, Military Tactics, Discipline and Encampments, Treatment of Prisoners, &c. (1811), by Archibald Loudon
  • volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • volume II: multiple formats at archive.org

• 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)

• A History of the Valley of Virginia (third edition; Woodstock, VA: W. N. Grabill, 1902), by Samuel Kercheval (searchable HTML with commentary at roanetnhistory.org)

• Captivity of the Oatman Girls: Being an Interesting Narrative of Life Among the Apache and Mohave Indians (New York: Pub. for the author by Carlton and Porter, 1858), by Royal B. Stratton, contrib. by Lorenzo D. Oatman and Olive Ann Oatman (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)

• 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)

• Betty Zane, by Zane Grey (Gutenberg text)
• The Boy in the Bush (c1924), by D. H. Lawrence and M. L. Skinner (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• Cattle Brands: A Collection of Western Camp-Fire Stories (London: Archibald Constable and Co.; Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1906), by Andy Adams (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Deerslayer, by James Fenimore Cooper
  • volume I: HTML at Virginia
  • volume II: HTML at Virginia
• The Deerslayer, by James Fenimore Cooper (Gutenberg text)
• Faro Nell and Her Friends: Wolfville Stories (New York: G. W. Dillingham Co., c1913), by Alfred Henry Lewis, illust. by W. Herbert Dunton and J. N. Marchand (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Frontiersmen, by Mary Noailles Murfree (Gutenberg text)
• Gaut Gurley, or, The Trappers of Umbagog: A Tale of Border Life, by Daniel P. Thompson (Gutenberg text)
• Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia, by William Gilmore Simms (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Harry Heathcote of Gangoil: A Tale of Australian Bush-Life, by Anthony Trollope (Gutenberg text)
• Hay-Wire (1928), by B. M. Bower (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• The Honor of the Big Snows, by James Oliver Curwood (Gutenberg text)
• The Last of the Foresters, or, Humors on the Border: A Story of the Old Virginia Frontier (1856), by John Esten Cooke (Gutenberg text)
• The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper (HTML at Virginia)
• The Last Trail, by Zane Grey (Gutenberg text)
• The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta, the Celebrated California Bandit (third edition; San Francisco: F. MacCrellish, 1874), by John Rollin Ridge (page images and uncorrected OCR text at Indiana)
• A Lost Lady (1923), by Willa Cather (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
• The Man of the Forest, by Zane Grey
  • illustrated HTML at Virginia
  • Gutenberg text and HTML
• A New Home, Who'll Follow? or, Glimpses of Western Life, by Caroline M. Kirkland
  • HTML with commentary at dotwebb.com
  • HTML and page images at LOC
  • HTML at Virginia
• The New Penelope, and Other Stories and Poems, by Frances Fuller Victor (Gutenberg text)
• The Pioneers (New York : Charles Wiley, 1823), by James Fenimore Cooper
  • volume 1: HTML at Virginia
  • volume 2: HTML at Virginia
• The Pioneers, by James Fenimore Cooper (Gutenberg text)
• The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn, by Henry Kingsley
  • PDF at SETIS
  • Gutenberg text
• The Riflemen of the Miami (New York and London: Beadle and Co., c1862), by Edward Sylvester Ellis (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• The Riflemen of the Ohio: A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River", by Joseph A. Altsheler (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Shanty Sled (1925), by Hulbert Footner (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• Some Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs, Late of the Tallapoosa Volunteers; Together with "Taking the Census," and Other Alabama Sketches, by Johnson Jones Hooper, illust. by Felix Octavius Carr Darley (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley, by Zane Grey (Gutenberg text)
• Starr, of the Desert (1917), by B. M. Bower (Gutenberg text)
• Such is Life: Being Certain Extracts from the Diary of Tom Collins, by Joseph Furphy (Gutenberg text)
• Tales of the Austral Tropics (1894), by Ernest Favenc (PDF at SETIS)
• Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories, by A. B. Paterson
  • PDF at SETIS
  • Gutenberg text
• The Wigwam and the Cabin (New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845), by William Gilmore Simms
  • volume 1: HTML at Virginia
  • volume 2: HTML at Virginia

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