Name/Title
The Captivity of the Oatman Girls Among the Apache and Mohave IndiansEntry/Object ID
2015.180.11.15Description
"The Captivity of the Oatman Girls" as told by Lorenzo and Olive Oatman to Royal B. Stratton in 1856. Facsimile of 1935 edition. About the 1851 attack on the Oatman family near Yuma, Arizona by Apache Indians, the capture of Olive Ann and Mary Ann Oatman and the murder of most of the rest of their family, and the eventual reunion of Olive with her surviving brother, Lorenzo.
Physical Description: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" paperback, pages 1-209. Cover image shows Native American Indians attacking a covered wagon. Back cover is white.Collection
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