"Minnie's narrative gives us one of the most vivid depictions of the surreal dreamlike world into which hostages retreat." -The Stolen Village (2012)
"Her father, mother, and three sisters were murdered by Indians and she, a brother and sister, were carried into captivity where they spent ten weeks." -New Ulm Review, Sept. 16, 1903
"Carrigan later spoke with fondness of the two Indian women who cared for her during her captivity." -Confronting Race: Women and Indians on the Frontier (2004)
"Describes how the Sioux spirited her away from Renville County, Minnesota." -Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature (2014)
The stories of those pioneers who have survived captivity among tribes during hostile outbreaks along frontier settlements are full of harrowing interest. Of particular interest is that told by Minnie Buce Carrigan (1855-1912) in her 1912 narrative, "Captured by the Indians: Reminiscences of Pioneer Life in Minnesota," giving an account of her captivity among the Sioux after the 1862 uprising and her subsequent experience as an orphan.
Carrigan emigrated with her German parents to Fox Lake, Wisconsin in 1858. Two years later they helped to establish a German settlement at Middle Creek in Renville County, Minnesota, where they lived in relative comfort and peace among the Sioux Dakota.
By 1862, the numbers of settlers had grown exponentially, and their Sioux neighbors began to display signs of hostility. On August 18, 1862, Carrigan was taken captive with a brother and sister.
In describing the moment she was discovered by a war party raiding her house, Minnie writes:
"The Indians had cleared out of our house and were returning to Mr. Boelter's. As they were passing a little corner of the timber one of them saw father and uttered a wicket piercing yell. It was but a moment when the whole band, about 20 men and some squaws, were upon us...."
In describing how one kind Sioux woman who looked out for her, Minnie states:
"The old squaw saw that the water was not coming, picked up a stick and came after me. I started to run, but just then the young squaw came out and took in the situation at a glance. She got a big corn stalk and gave the old squaw a terrible beating. Another young squaw came up and tried to take the corn stalk away from her but she, too, got a whipping. I really felt sorry for the old squaw."
In relating her discovery of a notable Black Sioux warrior, Minnie explains:
"I used to wonder why his hair was black and curly and his face black, and the Indians' faces brown and their hair straight. One evening I was sitting by Mrs. Inefield. He was riding a beautiful white pony and was dressed in a soldier's coat, with a red leather belt around his waist, and a silk stovepipe hat on, with Indian leggings and moccasins, and his breast was covered with all kinds of jewelry. I asked my friend, Mrs. Inefeld what made him look so different from the Indians. She told me that he was a negro and that he was more brutal than the Indians were...."
Minnie's harrowing narrative provides one of the most vivid depictions of Native American captivity.
About the author:
Minnie Buce Carrigan was born in June 1855 in Germany and died November 15, 1912. In 1858, Minnie's parents and their three children, August, Minnie, and Augusta, came to America and settled at Fox Lake, Wisconsin. In 1860, with five other families, Minnie and her family moved to Minnesota, eventually settling in Renville County. Minnie's parents were killed in 1862, during the Dakota uprising. Following the release from captivity by the Dakota, Minnie was taken in by a family until age 15 when Minnie was on her own. In 1879 she married Owen Carrigan, having six children, and farming. In 1898, she was appointed postmaster of Lakeside, Minnesota.
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"Her father, mother, and three sisters were murdered by Indians and she, a brother and sister, were carried into captivity where they spent ten weeks." -New Ulm Review, Sept. 16, 1903
"Carrigan later spoke with fondness of the two Indian women who cared for her during her captivity." -Confronting Race: Women and Indians on the Frontier (2004)
"Describes how the Sioux spirited her away from Renville County, Minnesota." -Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature (2014)
The stories of those pioneers who have survived captivity among tribes during hostile outbreaks along frontier settlements are full of harrowing interest. Of particular interest is that told by Minnie Buce Carrigan (1855-1912) in her 1912 narrative, "Captured by the Indians: Reminiscences of Pioneer Life in Minnesota," giving an account of her captivity among the Sioux after the 1862 uprising and her subsequent experience as an orphan.
Carrigan emigrated with her German parents to Fox Lake, Wisconsin in 1858. Two years later they helped to establish a German settlement at Middle Creek in Renville County, Minnesota, where they lived in relative comfort and peace among the Sioux Dakota.
By 1862, the numbers of settlers had grown exponentially, and their Sioux neighbors began to display signs of hostility. On August 18, 1862, Carrigan was taken captive with a brother and sister.
In describing the moment she was discovered by a war party raiding her house, Minnie writes:
"The Indians had cleared out of our house and were returning to Mr. Boelter's. As they were passing a little corner of the timber one of them saw father and uttered a wicket piercing yell. It was but a moment when the whole band, about 20 men and some squaws, were upon us...."
In describing how one kind Sioux woman who looked out for her, Minnie states:
"The old squaw saw that the water was not coming, picked up a stick and came after me. I started to run, but just then the young squaw came out and took in the situation at a glance. She got a big corn stalk and gave the old squaw a terrible beating. Another young squaw came up and tried to take the corn stalk away from her but she, too, got a whipping. I really felt sorry for the old squaw."
In relating her discovery of a notable Black Sioux warrior, Minnie explains:
"I used to wonder why his hair was black and curly and his face black, and the Indians' faces brown and their hair straight. One evening I was sitting by Mrs. Inefield. He was riding a beautiful white pony and was dressed in a soldier's coat, with a red leather belt around his waist, and a silk stovepipe hat on, with Indian leggings and moccasins, and his breast was covered with all kinds of jewelry. I asked my friend, Mrs. Inefeld what made him look so different from the Indians. She told me that he was a negro and that he was more brutal than the Indians were...."
Minnie's harrowing narrative provides one of the most vivid depictions of Native American captivity.
About the author:
Minnie Buce Carrigan was born in June 1855 in Germany and died November 15, 1912. In 1858, Minnie's parents and their three children, August, Minnie, and Augusta, came to America and settled at Fox Lake, Wisconsin. In 1860, with five other families, Minnie and her family moved to Minnesota, eventually settling in Renville County. Minnie's parents were killed in 1862, during the Dakota uprising. Following the release from captivity by the Dakota, Minnie was taken in by a family until age 15 when Minnie was on her own. In 1879 she married Owen Carrigan, having six children, and farming. In 1898, she was appointed postmaster of Lakeside, Minnesota.
Captured by the Indians: Reminiscences of Pioneer Life in Minnesota
"Minnie's narrative gives us one of the most vivid depictions of the surreal dreamlike world into which hostages retreat." -The Stolen Village (2012)
"Her father, mother, and three sisters were murdered by Indians and she, a brother and sister, were carried into captivity where they spent ten weeks." -New Ulm Review, Sept. 16, 1903
"Carrigan later spoke with fondness of the two Indian women who cared for her during her captivity." -Confronting Race: Women and Indians on the Frontier (2004)
"Describes how the Sioux spirited her away from Renville County, Minnesota." -Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature (2014)
The stories of those pioneers who have survived captivity among tribes during hostile outbreaks along frontier settlements are full of harrowing interest. Of particular interest is that told by Minnie Buce Carrigan (1855-1912) in her 1912 narrative, "Captured by the Indians: Reminiscences of Pioneer Life in Minnesota," giving an account of her captivity among the Sioux after the 1862 uprising and her subsequent experience as an orphan.
Carrigan emigrated with her German parents to Fox Lake, Wisconsin in 1858. Two years later they helped to establish a German settlement at Middle Creek in Renville County, Minnesota, where they lived in relative comfort and peace among the Sioux Dakota.
By 1862, the numbers of settlers had grown exponentially, and their Sioux neighbors began to display signs of hostility. On August 18, 1862, Carrigan was taken captive with a brother and sister.
In describing the moment she was discovered by a war party raiding her house, Minnie writes:
"The Indians had cleared out of our house and were returning to Mr. Boelter's. As they were passing a little corner of the timber one of them saw father and uttered a wicket piercing yell. It was but a moment when the whole band, about 20 men and some squaws, were upon us...."
In describing how one kind Sioux woman who looked out for her, Minnie states:
"The old squaw saw that the water was not coming, picked up a stick and came after me. I started to run, but just then the young squaw came out and took in the situation at a glance. She got a big corn stalk and gave the old squaw a terrible beating. Another young squaw came up and tried to take the corn stalk away from her but she, too, got a whipping. I really felt sorry for the old squaw."
In relating her discovery of a notable Black Sioux warrior, Minnie explains:
"I used to wonder why his hair was black and curly and his face black, and the Indians' faces brown and their hair straight. One evening I was sitting by Mrs. Inefield. He was riding a beautiful white pony and was dressed in a soldier's coat, with a red leather belt around his waist, and a silk stovepipe hat on, with Indian leggings and moccasins, and his breast was covered with all kinds of jewelry. I asked my friend, Mrs. Inefeld what made him look so different from the Indians. She told me that he was a negro and that he was more brutal than the Indians were...."
Minnie's harrowing narrative provides one of the most vivid depictions of Native American captivity.
About the author:
Minnie Buce Carrigan was born in June 1855 in Germany and died November 15, 1912. In 1858, Minnie's parents and their three children, August, Minnie, and Augusta, came to America and settled at Fox Lake, Wisconsin. In 1860, with five other families, Minnie and her family moved to Minnesota, eventually settling in Renville County. Minnie's parents were killed in 1862, during the Dakota uprising. Following the release from captivity by the Dakota, Minnie was taken in by a family until age 15 when Minnie was on her own. In 1879 she married Owen Carrigan, having six children, and farming. In 1898, she was appointed postmaster of Lakeside, Minnesota.
"Her father, mother, and three sisters were murdered by Indians and she, a brother and sister, were carried into captivity where they spent ten weeks." -New Ulm Review, Sept. 16, 1903
"Carrigan later spoke with fondness of the two Indian women who cared for her during her captivity." -Confronting Race: Women and Indians on the Frontier (2004)
"Describes how the Sioux spirited her away from Renville County, Minnesota." -Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature (2014)
The stories of those pioneers who have survived captivity among tribes during hostile outbreaks along frontier settlements are full of harrowing interest. Of particular interest is that told by Minnie Buce Carrigan (1855-1912) in her 1912 narrative, "Captured by the Indians: Reminiscences of Pioneer Life in Minnesota," giving an account of her captivity among the Sioux after the 1862 uprising and her subsequent experience as an orphan.
Carrigan emigrated with her German parents to Fox Lake, Wisconsin in 1858. Two years later they helped to establish a German settlement at Middle Creek in Renville County, Minnesota, where they lived in relative comfort and peace among the Sioux Dakota.
By 1862, the numbers of settlers had grown exponentially, and their Sioux neighbors began to display signs of hostility. On August 18, 1862, Carrigan was taken captive with a brother and sister.
In describing the moment she was discovered by a war party raiding her house, Minnie writes:
"The Indians had cleared out of our house and were returning to Mr. Boelter's. As they were passing a little corner of the timber one of them saw father and uttered a wicket piercing yell. It was but a moment when the whole band, about 20 men and some squaws, were upon us...."
In describing how one kind Sioux woman who looked out for her, Minnie states:
"The old squaw saw that the water was not coming, picked up a stick and came after me. I started to run, but just then the young squaw came out and took in the situation at a glance. She got a big corn stalk and gave the old squaw a terrible beating. Another young squaw came up and tried to take the corn stalk away from her but she, too, got a whipping. I really felt sorry for the old squaw."
In relating her discovery of a notable Black Sioux warrior, Minnie explains:
"I used to wonder why his hair was black and curly and his face black, and the Indians' faces brown and their hair straight. One evening I was sitting by Mrs. Inefield. He was riding a beautiful white pony and was dressed in a soldier's coat, with a red leather belt around his waist, and a silk stovepipe hat on, with Indian leggings and moccasins, and his breast was covered with all kinds of jewelry. I asked my friend, Mrs. Inefeld what made him look so different from the Indians. She told me that he was a negro and that he was more brutal than the Indians were...."
Minnie's harrowing narrative provides one of the most vivid depictions of Native American captivity.
About the author:
Minnie Buce Carrigan was born in June 1855 in Germany and died November 15, 1912. In 1858, Minnie's parents and their three children, August, Minnie, and Augusta, came to America and settled at Fox Lake, Wisconsin. In 1860, with five other families, Minnie and her family moved to Minnesota, eventually settling in Renville County. Minnie's parents were killed in 1862, during the Dakota uprising. Following the release from captivity by the Dakota, Minnie was taken in by a family until age 15 when Minnie was on her own. In 1879 she married Owen Carrigan, having six children, and farming. In 1898, she was appointed postmaster of Lakeside, Minnesota.
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| BN ID: | 2940161093474 |
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| Publisher: | Far West Travel Adventure |
| Publication date: | 04/26/2022 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
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