Left by the Indians: Story of
My Life -by Ethan E. Harris and Emeline
L. Fuller
Nonfiction/History/Autobiography
27 pages / 103 KB
Footnotes/endnotes: No
Illustrations: No
Suitable for eReaders: Yes
3 Stars
A very short piece, easily read in an hour (or less).
Perhaps I should have read it before reading Across the Plains in 1844 by
Catherine Sager, but I found this book not nearly as riveting, and yet, the
story is there, just not as well presented. Perhaps a good editor would have
been a help?
It is a true story of a young girl (I think she was 13,
somewhat older than Catherine when she lost her parents) stranded in the middle
of nowhere after the Indians attacked the wagon train killing her parents, and
most everyone else. She has no one but smaller children, one a nursing infant.
She eventually meets up with another family, and the woman is nursing her
child, but refuses the second baby.
All I kept thinking was how sad for the children the Indians
didn't take them. Their lives would have been better, and the baby possibly
would have survived.
For the price ($0.99), and the history, it's an ok read, but
I've found much better out there.
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