Download or read book Girl Captives of the Cheyennes written by Grace E. Meredith and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1874, a Cheyenne war party attacked the wagons of a family of settlers traveling through Kansas. Only four survived, all young girls who witnessed the slaughter of their parents and siblings before being carried off by the Indians. This book presents their ordeal, using their words and memories to craft a first-person narrative.