Wakefield, Sarah F. Six weeks in the Sioux Tepees; a fascinating first-person account of a woman's six-week captivity by the Sioux in 1862.WAKEFIELD, Sarah F. Six weeks in the Sioux Tepees; a fascinating first-person account of a woman's six-week captivity by the Sioux in 1862. Globe Pequot. 87p. c2004. 0-7627-3080. $9.95. SA Indians in 1862 Minnesota found themselves starving starve v. starved, starv·ing, starves v.intr. 1. To suffer or die from extreme or prolonged lack of food. 2. Informal To be hungry. 3. To suffer from deprivation. because food promised by the government in exchange for the Indians' land was not delivered. They struck back by attacking government agencies and settlers. Starvation and war created an atmosphere of fear for both white and Indian families. The unrest was exacerbated by conflict between tribes, traditional enemies who were encroaching on each other's territory in the area. One of the tactics seized on by the Indians was to capture white women, hoping to exchange them for money, goods, or favors. This book is a personal narrative written by Sarah F. Wakefield, the wife of an Indian Agency doctor who, with her two children, ages five and infant, was kidnapped Kidnapped caught in the intrigues of Scottish factions, David Balfour and Alan Breck are shipwrecked, escape from the king’s soldiers, and undergo great dangers. [Br. Lit.: R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped] See : Adventurousness while trying to flee from attacking Sioux to a safer setting. She was held for six weeks until the army under General Sibley managed to reclaim her. Wakefield shows The Wakefield Show is a RISC OS computer show held each year in Wakefield. The show is the biggest RISC OS computer show. much sympathetic understanding of the Indians and an appreciation of how they helped her--fed her, disguised her, and hurried her from place to place--during what became a mutual effort to survive. She stayed alive with the help of Indian women and Chaska, an Indian man, who several times performed acts of self-sacrifice. Chaska was later hanged by a military "court" which wasn't too fussy fuss·y adj. fuss·i·er, fuss·i·est 1. Easily upset; given to bouts of ill temper: a fussy baby. 2. about making sure they had the correct person in custody Any person under the direct control and protection of US forces. . She refers several times to biting criticisms she received from persons who later felt free from a comfortable distance to criticize and even moralize mor·al·ize v. mor·al·ized, mor·al·iz·ing, mor·al·iz·es v.intr. To think about or express moral judgments or reflections. v.tr. 1. To interpret or explain the moral meaning of. about her behavior during captivity. She wrote her account in part for her children and in part to answer them. This reviewer wishes editors had included an essay giving scholarly comment and context, but general histories will fill the gap. Edna Boardman, Bismarck, ND |
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