Captivity of the Oatman girls
Subtitle: being an interesting narrative of life among the Apache and Mohave Indians
By: as given by Lorenzo D. and Olive A. Oatman, the only surviving members of the family, to the author, R.B. Stratton
Contributors: Oatman, Olive Ann; Oatman, Lorenzo D., 1836-
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women and Transnational Networks; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women and Transnational Networks
Publisher: Carlton & Porter
Published: 1858
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Captivity, 1851; Indian captivities; Apache Indians; Mohave Indians
Notes: "Containing an interesting account of the massacre of the Oatman family by the Apache Indians in 1851; the narrow escape of Lorenzo D. Oatman; the capture of Olive A. and Mary A. Oatman; the death by starvation of the latter; the five years' suffering and captivity of Olive A. Oatman; also, her singular recapture in 1856."--T.p.

"Twentieth thousand."--T.p.

"Notices of the press."--2 p., 2nd count.

Publisher's advertising: 4 p., 3rd count; 12 p. 4th count.

Reproduction of the original from the Smith College Library.