Account of the sufferings of John McWhitney, and family, during six months captivity among the Fox and Sacs Indians, and the inhuman massacre of Mrs. McWhitney, and her three children

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Metadata
Handle
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:20074
Persons
Persons
Creator (cre): McWhitney, John
Title
Title
Title
Account of the sufferings of John McWhitney, and family, during six months captivity among the Fox and Sacs Indians, and the inhuman massacre of Mrs. McWhitney, and her three children
Origin Information
Origin Information
Date Created
1832
Parent Item
Parent Item
Connecticut Images Collection
Connecticut History Illustrated
Newspapers and Broadsides (CHI Westward Expansion Featured Topic)
Resource Type
Resource Type
Still image
Digital Origin
Digital Origin
reformatted digital
Description
Description
Account of McWhitney family captivity among Fox and Sauk Indians in Illinois. Includes the 24-line poem, ""Lines on the captivity of Mr. McWhitney and family, with first line: With hearts faint and bleeding.
Genre
Genre
broadsides
Subject
Subject
Fox Indians
Saux Indians
Indian captivities
Geographic Subject
Geographic Subject
Connecticut
Extent
Extent
Source extent: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 49 x 35 cm.
Held By
Held By
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
Use and Reproduction
Use and Reproduction
Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection of The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Note
Note
Note Type
local
Note
theme: Diversity
Note Type
local
Note
theme: Lifestyle
Note
Text in three columns, with two woodcuts depicting the ordeal.
Local Identifier
Local Identifier
chs_cd2_bdse_m_1832m177a.jpg

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