Excerpt, Affecting Narrative of the Captivity and the Sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith

Author

Mary Smith
Petronella Van Doorn

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Publication Date

1-1-1818

Abstract

"An Affecting Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith tells the story of a white settler who, along with her husband and daughters, was forcefully taken from her frontier home by Kickapoo Indians in the vicinity of New Orleans. An unknown 'gentleman' tells the outrageous story filled with extreme violence, including torture, scalping, massacre, sexual submission, white racism, bravery, and chivalry to 'his friend in Rhode Island.' During this sixty day ordeal, Smith witnesses the horrific torture and killing of her husband and her children, marries an older chief, gets recaptured by the Kickapoos, and is saved by a detachment of General Andrew Jackson’s army."

Keywords

Kickapoo, Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), First Seminole War (1817-1818)

Extent

10 pages

Geographic Location

New Orleans (La.)

Original Language

English

Language

English

Media Type

Excerpts

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

EVF_0050

Type

Article

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Smith, Mary and Van Doorn, Petronella, "Excerpt, Affecting Narrative of the Captivity and the Sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith" (1818). Early Visions Bucket. 50.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/early_visions_bucket/50