Sarah F Wakefield: 2 books
Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees
A Narrative of Indian Captivity
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
The Dakota War (1862) was a searing event in Minnesota history as well as a signal event in the lives of Dakota people. Sarah F. Wakefield was caught up in this revolt. A young doctor’s wife and the mother of two small children, Wakefield published her unusual account of the war and her captivity...
by Sarah F. Wakefield
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees is a reprint of the classic narrative of Sarah Wakefield's survival. Told in her own words, this compelling tale was a best seller when it was originally published more than one hundred years ago. Today it offers readers a unique perspective on Sioux culture and what life was like on the Great Plains in mid-nineteenth-century America.