About This Book
Two women give first-person accounts of leaving home, being captured, and spending two months in an Indigenous camp amid regional conflict. They recount travel across the prairie, the daily hardships of camp life including scarce food and improvised cooking, witnessing violent raids and war preparations, and observing dances and ritual displays. The narrative describes interactions with other captives and local mixed-heritage people, episodes of fear, loss, and small mercies, followed by escape and eventual rescue. Memoir sections recall pre-capture life and reflect on bereavement, endurance, communal aid, and the return journey toward home.
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