The Indian Captive

Name: The Indian Captive
Author: Matthew Brayton

by Matthew Brayton

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The Indian Captive A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of Matthew Brayton in his thirty-four years of captivity among the Indians of north-western America

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Project Gutenberg

Release date

2010-05-02

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Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

United States -- Biography Brayton, Matthew, 1818-1862 Shoshoni Indians -- History Indian captivities -- West (U.S.)E011

About the author

Matthew Brayton

1818–1862

Taken captive as a child during an 1825 raid in western New York, he later became known for a firsthand narrative of loss, survival, and return that preserves one family's experience on the early American frontier.

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