Girl Captives of the Cheyenne

This book presents the incredible story behind a celebrated legend of the American West. It draws from the personal reflections of the four sisters. In 1874, a Cheyenne war party attacked the wagons of a family of settlers traveling through Kansas. Only four survived - all young girls who witnessed the slaughter of their parents and siblings before being carried off by the Indians. The girls were eventually set free, but not before their ordeal became a cause celebre of the Red River War. Grace E Meredith, a niece of one of the sisters, deftly uses their words and memories to craft a first-person narrative that makes for engaging reading.