Tragedies of the Wilderness: Or, True and Authentic Narratives of the Captives, who Have Been Carried Away by the Indians from the Various Settlements of the United States, from the Earliest to the Present Times : Illustrating the Manner and Customs, Barbarous Rites and Cermonies, of the North American Indians, and Their Various Methods of Torture Practised Upon Such as Have, from Time to Time, Fallen Into Their HandsAntiquarian Bookstore and Institute, 1842 - 354 pages |
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