Author: CZAPLEWSKI, RUSS
Title: Captive of the Cheyenne the Story of Nancy Jane Morton and the Plum Creek Massacre
Description: Kearney, NE: Dawson County Historical Society, 1993. First Edition. Second Printing; Paperback. ISBN: 0963789805. B/w photographs; 8.20 X 5.40 X 0.70 inches; ix, 190 pages; Soft cover is white with black lettering on spine. Tidy note on half title page: Ft. Laramie, WY, 7/14/02. Few pages with highlighting and some margin notes. Pages otherwise clean and tight, appears almost as if unused. Illustrated with 18 b/w photographs. Book is divided into 2 sections, each with own end notes. Index. "...details the events leading up to the Plum Creek Massacre, the attack itself and Mrs. Morton's six-month ordeal at the hands of the Cheyenne. Follow her day-to-day account of life with the Indians and her struggle to survive. Witness the courage of the 19-year-old woman as she faces tremendous odds and survives to tell the story".. Very Good+ .

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