A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity
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A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity

Dispatches from the Dakota War

  1. 416 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity

Dispatches from the Dakota War

About this book

This edition of A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity rescues from obscurity a crucially important work about the bitterly contested U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. Written by Mary Butler Renville, an Anglo woman, with the assistance of her Dakota husband, John Baptiste Renville, A Thrilling Narrative was printed only once as a book in 1863 and has not been republished since. The work details the Renvilles’ experiences as “captives” among their Dakota kin in the Upper Camp and chronicles the story of the Dakota Peace Party. Their sympathetic portrayal of those who opposed the war in 1862 combats the stereotypical view that most Dakotas supported it and illumines the injustice of their exile from Dakota homelands. From the authors’ unique perspective as an interracial couple, they paint a complex picture of race, gender, and class relations on successive midwestern frontiers.
As the state of Minnesota commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Dakota War, this narrative provides fresh insights into the most controversial event in the region’s history. This annotated edition includes groundbreaking historical and literary contexts for the text and a first-time collection of extant Dakota correspondence with authorities during the war.

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Yes, you can access A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity by Mary Butler Renville, Kathryn Zabelle Derounian-Stodola,Carrie Reber Zeman in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & American Civil War History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. A Note on Editorial Procedure
  10. Pronunciation Guide for Dakota Iapi
  11. Historical Introduction
  12. Literary Introduction
  13. Chapter One
  14. Chapter Two
  15. Chapter Three
  16. Chapter Four
  17. Chapter Five
  18. Chapter Six
  19. Chapter Seven
  20. Chapter Eight
  21. Chapter Nine
  22. Chapter Ten
  23. Chapter Eleven
  24. Chapter Twelve
  25. Chapter Thirteen
  26. Addenda
  27. H. D. Cunningham’s Statement
  28. Appendix A: Correspondence betweenthe Dakota Camps and Authorities,September–October 1862
  29. Appendix B: Selected Correspondenceof John B. Renville and Mary A.Renville, 1862–1888
  30. Notes
  31. Bibliography
  32. Index