They Took Her To An Unoccupied Teepee And Perpetrated The Most Horrible And Nameless Outrages, 1862 #TM
The screams began at dawn, carried on the wind across the Minnesota River valley, and by the time the sun had fully risen over the frontier settlements, the…
They Tied Her To The Ground And Outraged Her In The Most Brutal Manner: The Legion Valley Massacre #TM
The snow that blanketed Legion Valley on the afternoon of February 5, 1868, was still fresh on the ground when the screams began. Inside a modest log cabin…
They Stripped Her Naked And Put Her In The Fire: Mary Rowlandson Tells of The Fate Of Ann Josselyn #TM
The smoke had barely cleared from the smoldering ruins of Lancaster when the full, horrifying scope of the massacre began to emerge from the mouths of the few…
They Told Her They Had Eaten Her Son: Mary Rowlandson Tells Of Her Torments By The Indians, 1676 #TM
The screams began before dawn, the war cries of Wampanoag warriors slicing through the frigid February air of Lancaster, Massachusetts. Inside her wooden home, Mary Rowlandson clutched her…
He Hung Their Scalps Over His Fireplace: Bland Ballard’s Kentucky Home Attacked By Indians, 1788 #TM
SHELBY COUNTY, KY – A dawn raid on a remote settlement along Tick Creek has left multiple members of the Ballard family dead and has ignited fresh fears…
She Was Forced To Eat Horse Guts And Moldy Bread: Mary Rowlandson’s Final Days Of Indian Captivity #TM
The air hung thick with the stench of death and decay as Mary Rowlandson, a captive of the Wampanoag tribe for over two months, chewed on a piece…
They Dragged Her Into The Woods: Cheyenne Indians Attack Kansas Settlers, Outrage Mrs. Marling, 1866
The blood-soaked soil of Jewell County, Kansas, holds a story of such profound brutality that it echoes through the ages as a testament to the savage collision between…
They Roasted Their Flesh, Then Handed It Around, Eating It: The Pequot War in Connecticut, 1637 #TM
The air over the Mystic River turned thick with smoke and the stench of burning flesh on the morning of May 26, 1637, as fewer than one hundred…
She Was Forced To Grow Up Indian: Cheyennes Capture Lizzie Fletcher, Custer Pursues Them, 1867 #TM
FORT LARNED, Kansas Territory — The charred remains of three station keepers, their bodies mutilated beyond recognition and their scalps torn away, marked the first tangible evidence of…
“Outrages Too Sickening For These Pages:” Custer Tells Of The Girl The Sioux And Cheyenne Abandoned #TM
FORT RILEY, Kansas — Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer has delivered a harrowing firsthand account of the United States Army’s spring campaign against the Plains tribes, revealing a…