Book: Captivity of the Oatman Girls: Being An Interesting Narrative Of Life Among the Apache and Mojave Indians

An 1858 book about two little girls who were spared when Indians slaughtered the rest of their family. They spent something like the next 20 years living among the tribe members.

It sounded interesting.

One girl was held captive for two years and the other died of starvation after one.

The florid style of writing is a bit much.

Royal Stratton wrote:

These pages have been penned under the conviction that in these facts, and in the sufferings and horrors that befell that unfortunate family, there is sufficient of interest, though of a melancholy character, to assure an attentive and interested perusal by every one into whose hands, and under whose eye this book may fall.  Though, so far as book-making is concerned, there has been brought to this task no experience or fame upon which to base an expectation of its popularity, yet the writer has sought to adapt the style to the character of the narrative, and in a simple, plain, comprehensive manner to give to the reader facts, as they have been received from those of whose sad experiences in adversity these pages give a faithful delineation.