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Title: Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches
An Autobiography

Author: Edwin Eastman

Release Date: November 5, 2008 [EBook #27164]

Language: English

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Seven and Nine Years

AMONG THE

CAMANCHES AND APACHES.

AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

JERSEY CITY, N. J.
PUBLISHED BY CLARK JOHNSON, M.D.
1874.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878, by
CLARK JOHNSON, M.D., JERSEY CITY, N. J.,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER. PAGE.

I. INTRODUCTORY 5

II. THE CAPTURE 18

III. A STRANGE ADVENTURE 22

IV. AGAIN A PRISONER 30

V. THE INDIAN TOWN 39

VI. THE TORTURE 47

VII. WA-KO-MET-KLA 57

VIII. A NEW VOCATION 68

IX. THE "MYSTERY BAG" 78

X. INDIAN LIFE 86

XI. MRS. EASTMAN'S STORY 95

XII. MRS. EASTMAN'S STORY CONTINUED 103

XIII. MRS. EASTMAN'S STORY CONTINUED 111

XIV. HOPES AND FEARS--AN ADVENTURE 119

XV. TREED BY A GRIZZLY 125

XVI. SOME CURIOUS CUSTOMS 134

XVII. THE BUFFALO DANCE 142

XVIII. A STRANGE HISTORY 150

XIX. A STRANGE HISTORY CONTINUED 159

XX. THE BUFFALO HUNT