An Affecting narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith : who with her husband and three daughters, were taken prisoners by the Indians, in August last (1814) and after enduring the most cruel hardships and torture of mind for sixty days (in which time she witnessed the tragical death of her husband and helpless children) was fortunately rescued from the merciless hands of the savages by a detached party from the army of the brave General Jackson. Now commanding at New-Orleans.

Format:

Book

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 33800.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smith, Mary.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.

Jackson, Andrew.

Kickapoo Indians.

Indian captivities--Southern States.

Indian captivities.

Southern States.

Genre:

Captivity narratives.

Physical Description:

24 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm

Other Title:

Captivity & sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith.

Place of Publication:

Providence, (R.I.) : Printed by L. Scott., [1815?]

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Notes:

Caption title: Captivity & sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith, &c. (Communicated from a gentleman in the western country to his friend in Rhode-Island.

For a description of the various editions of this narrative see Sabin, v. 20, p. 413-416. This edition is Sabin 83535.

"The Indians killing & scalping, thirty persons, men, women and children, were most inhumanly butchered, tortured and scalped on the 13th March last, at a small settlement in St. Charles County (Mississippi) of which the following are particulars. Extracts of a letter from Vincennes, and St. Louis received in New York, dated March 15th and 17th, 1815."--p. 19-24.

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