Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians

Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians
Author: Fanny Kelly
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2023-09-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3387087675

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My Captivity

My Captivity
Author: Fanny Kelly
Publisher: Skyhorse
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2014-01-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781626364226

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 time, there was no reason she should feel sympathy toward her captors, but the introduction points out examples of expressed favor toward the Sioux, however unconscious. This narrative is a valuable part of literature not only for its historical importance but its depiction of the conflicting images of Native Americans in the nineteenth century: savage aggressors or victims of prejudice and oppression.

Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees

Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees
Author: Sarah F. Wakefield
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2002-04-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780806134314

The Dakota War (1862) was a searing event in Minnesota history as well as a signal event in the lives of Dakota people. Sarah F. Wakefield was caught up in this revolt. A young doctor’s wife and the mother of two small children, Wakefield published her unusual account of the war and her captivity shortly after the hanging of thirty-eight Dakotas accused of participation in the "Sioux uprising." Among those hanged were Chaska (We-Chank-Wash-ta-don-pee), a Mdewakanton Dakota who had protected her and her children during the upheaval. In a distinctive and compelling voice, Wakefield blames the government for the war and then relates her and her family’s ordeal, as well as Chaska’s and his family’s help and ultimate sacrifice. This is the first fully annotated modern edition of Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees. June Namias’s extensive introduction and notes describe the historical and ethnographic background of Dakota-white relations in Minnesota and place Wakefield’s narrative in the context of other captivity narratives.

My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians

My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians
Author: Fanny Kelly
Publisher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2021-07-23
Genre: History
ISBN:

"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 captivity of five months' duration. Of my thrilling adventures and experience during this season of terror and privation, I propose to give a plain, unvarnished narrative, hoping the reader will be more interested in facts concerning the habits, manners, and customs of the Indians, and their treatment of prisoners."_x000D_ Fanny Kelly (1845–1904) was a North American pioneer woman captured by the Sioux and freed five months later. She later wrote a book about her experiences called Narrative of My Captivity among the Sioux Indians in 1871.