The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas FrontierSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2007 M04 1 - 384 páginas On New Year's Day in 1870, ten-year-old Adolph Korn was kidnapped by an Apache raiding party. Traded to Comaches, he thrived in the rough, nomadic existence, quickly becoming one of the tribe's fiercest warriors. Forcibly returned to his parents after three years, Korn never adjusted to life in white society. He spent his last years in a cave, all but forgotten by his family. |
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... Adolph Korn's Indians in the same moment as we 1960s [ Peace Corps ] Volunteers found Africa : a colonized , rapidly west- ernizing culture slowly falling to pieces in , as anthropologists coldly de- fine it , a ' cultural ...
... Adolph , d . 1895. 2. Indian captivities - Texas . 3. Apache Indians - Social life and customs . 4. Comanche Indians - Social life and customs . 5. Whites - Texas - Relations with Indians . 6. Whites- Texas - Cultural assimilation . I ...
... ADOLPH KORN -1895 Even though the letters were weatherworn , the name leaped out at me . He was my own kin , and this cemetery was located on the out- skirts of my hometown , my family's settling place for six generations . But I never ...
... Adolph's life with the Indians seemed beyond reach . He'd died at the turn of the twen- tieth century , and the only relatives I'd ever known who could actu- ally remember him were Granny Hey's last surviving children . Aunt Kate , Aunt ...
... Adolph receded further into the realm of legend , soon to be lost to history . I call him Uncle Adolph by way of reclamation . In our family , we always referred to him as Adolph Korn , for he was never really one of us . But seeing his ...
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In the Wilds | 117 |
Once and Always Indians | 239 |
In the Limelight | 263 |
The Trail Fades | 285 |
Dates and Places of Birth Capture | 301 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 333 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 345 |
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