North Country Captives: Selected Narratives of Indian Captivity from Vermont and New Hampshire

Revealing firsthand narratives of Indian captivity from eighteenth-century New Hampshire and Vermont.

Narratives of Europeans who experienced Indian captivity represent one of the oldest genres of American literature. They are often credited with establishing the stereotype of Indians as cruel and bloodthirsty. While early southern New England accounts were heavily influenced by a dominant Puritan interpretation which had little room for individual and cultural distinctions, later north…