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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... brothers , Adolph and Charlie Korn , with identical broad faces , light flaxen hair , and high foreheads . Adolph had a scar in the middle of his chin . The boys spoke only German . The hillsides in that region were thick with live oaks ...
... brother . hose three Apaches dealt my ancestors the hardest blow of their lives on that first day of 1870. My uncle Adolph's capture was the worst and last in a series of disasters his family withstood during their ten - year bout with ...
... brother to use it , " said Granny , " she put it in a pot of boiling water to kill the bugs . " The Indians also dropped some beads , which Granny Hey and her sisters were delighted to claim . White settler histories are full of tales ...
... brothers and all of us live under the same great father , the President . " Since he was still new to Texas , Meusebach may not have fully realized how fortuitous it was that he'd chosen the word " Amer- icans " rather than " Texans ...
... brothers be- cause they have a darker color , and do not regard the whites as noble because they are lighter in color . If our great father and president wishes to draw a line of distinction , let him do so . We shall not see the ...
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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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