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Title: The Indian Captive
A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of Matthew
Brayton in his thirty-four years of captivity among the
Indians of north-western America

Author: Matthew Brayton

Release Date: May 2, 2010 [EBook #32228]

Language: English

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THE INDIAN CAPTIVE

A NARRATIVE
OF THE
Adventures and Sufferings

OF
MATTHEW BRAYTON

IN HIS
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS OF CAPTIVITY
AMONG THE
INDIANS OF NORTH-WESTERN AMERICA

FOSTORIA, OHIO.
THE GRAY PRINTING COMPANY,
1896.

COPYRIGHT APPLIED FOR

PREFACE

The following brief narrative of the unparalleled adventures of
MATTHEW BRAYTON is compiled for the satisfaction of those who wished
to preserve a memorial of his romantic history.

Extraordinary as the incidents may appear, there is abundant proof
of their entire truth. Living witnesses bear testimony to the
circumstances of the mysterious loss of the hero, and his identity
is established by incontrovertible proofs. Numerous circumstances
also confirm the account given by him of his adventures during the
thirty-four years spent among the Indians.

THE INDIAN CAPTIVE

CHAPTER I.

THE LOST CHILD.

That portion of North-western Ohio, situated to the South-east of
the Black Swamp, was but sparsely settled at the close of the first
quarter of the present century. The hardy pioneers who had left their
New England homes to open up the Western wilds, here and t