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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... father , Gus Schumann , near Little Saline Creek , with fourteen arrows in his back . About three hundred yards away lay Billy , also naked , shot with twelve arrows . The tiny community had witnessed five murders in a single year ...
... father had abandoned his family during the attack , claiming he couldn't control his horse . The Reichenaus , the Korns , and the other neighbors realized what had happened during the night , while they slept soundly - Alice Todd ...
... father and his neighbors faded in the distance . All he could hear was the pounding of horses ' hooves . The three Apaches who captured him probably came from the Fort Sill region of Indian Territory , although they may have been from ...
... 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 . " The Comanches hated the Texans , whom they ...
... father and president wishes to draw a line of distinction , let him do so . We shall not see the distinction because we are brothers and wish to live together as broth- ers . " The Germans went to great lengths to assure the chiefs that ...
Contenido
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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