33 Harriet E. Bishop M'Conkey

Dakota War Whoop; or Indian Massacres and War in Minnesota. Saint Paul: D.D. Merrill, 1863.

Interspersed with very detailed captivity narratives as well as a now classic, general account of events surrounding the story of this war. (Samuel G. Drake's copy, see item 35.)

With Charles S. Bryant and Abel B. Murch, A History of the Great Massacre by the Sioux Indians, Including the Personal Narratives of Many Who Escaped. Saint Peter, Minn.: Wainwright & Son, 1872.

34 Thomas Jefferys

The Natural and Civil History of the French Dominions in North and South America. London: Thomas Jefferys, 1760.

". . . with the religion, government, genius, character, manners and customs of the Indians and other inhabitants." Much included on treatment of captives by North American tribes.

35 Samuel G. Drake

The History of Philip's War, Commonly called the Great Indian War,of 1675 and 1676. Exeter, N.H.: J.&B. Williams,1836.

Containing numerous examples of persons 'carried into captivity.' One of the early founders of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Drake as a bookseller and historian collected enough material for many studies of the early Indian wars and for the history of Indian captivities to his time. He edited many of the accounts stretching back to Cotton Mather's day. With Drake's edition of William Hubbard's History of the Indian Wars of New England. Roxbury, Mass.: Woodward, 1865.

36 Charles Beatty

The Journal of a Two-Months Tour, With a View of Promoting Religion Among the Frontier Inhabitants of Pennsylvania. Edinburgh: T. Maccliesh, 1798.

With descriptions of the frontier wars with Delaware and Shawnee tribes. With Charles Thomson's An Enquiry Into the Causes of the Alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians From the British Interest, and Into the Measures Taken for Recovering Their Friendship. London: J. Wilkie, 1759: "We have already experienced the Cruelties of an Indian War, and there are more instances than one to show they are capable of being our most useful Friends or our most dangerous Enemies."