Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879

The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians

Herman Lehmann, J. Marvin Hunter, J. Hunter

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Year: 1993
• ISBN:
  9780826326188
• Topic: Sozialwissenschaften
• Subtopic: Studien der amerikanischen Ureinwohner

Here is a genuine Little Big Man story, with all the color, sweep, and tragedy of a classic American western. It is the tale of Herman Lehmann, a captive of the Apaches on the Southern Plains of Texas and New Mexico during the 1870s. Adopted by a war chief, he was trained to be a warrior and waged merciless war on Apache enemies, both Indian and Euro-American. After killing an Apache medicine man in self-defense, he fled to a lonely hermitage on the Southern Plains until he joined the Comanches. Against his will, Lehmann was returned to his family in 1879. The final chapters relate his difficult readjustment to Anglo life.

Lehmann's unapologetic narrative is extraordinary for its warm embrace of Native Americans and stinging appraisal of Anglo society. Once started, the story of this remarkable man cannot be put down. Dale Giese's introduction provides a framework for interpreting the Lehmann narrative.

CONTENTS

	ForewordDale F. Giese
	IntroductoryJ. Marvin Hunter
I	My Captivity
II	We Travel On
III	Willie’s Escape
IV	Indian Tortures
V	We Reach the Village
VI	I Become an Indian
VII	Attempt to Escape
VIII	Narrow Escape of My People
IX	I Go on a Raid
X	On a Raid
XI	I Scalp a Mexican
XII	Battle with Comanches
XIII	Some Adventures
XIV	Back to the Reservation
XV	Trading with Mexicans and Raiding
XVI	We Are Kept on the Move
XVII	Glimpses of Indian Customs
XVIII	An Exciting Ride
XIX	I Find a Gold Mine
XX	Capture a Herd of Cattle
XXI	Fight with the Rangers
XXII	The Fight on the Concho Plains
XXIII	Lost in a Snowstorm, Raids, Etc.
XXIV	We Run Away
XXV	Carnoviste Is...