The Rachel Plummer narrative
Subtitle: a stirring narrative of adventure, hardship and privation in the early days of Texas, depicting struggles with the Indians and other adventures
Contributors: Plummer, Rachael, -1839; Newberry Library
Publisher: R. Lofton, S. Hendrix and J. Kennedy]
Published: 1926
Place of publication: [Palestine, Tex.?
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Captivity, 1836-1837; Indians of North America; Wars; Comanche Indians; Indian captivities; Frontier and pioneer life; Description and travel; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Campaigns
Other titles: American West (Marlborough, England)
Notes: Rachel Plummer's account is preceded by an account by J.W. Parker of the Indian attack on Parker's Fort and the capture of Mrs Plummer, and a description of Texas, the Indian wars and the Mexican War.

Foreword by Rachel Lofton, Susie Hendrix and Jane Kennedy, great-granddaughter and granddaughters respectively of J.W. Parker.

Narrative of the capture and subsequent sufferings of Mrs. Rachel Plummer during a captivity of twenty-one months among the Comanche Indians : with a sketch of their manners, customs, laws, &c., &. ; with a short description of the country over which she traveled whilst with the Indians / written by herself. 1839: p. [89]-117.

Newberry Library, Chicago

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