"Though the Indians hunted them day and night, they succeeded in eluding them and got back to the fort, after suffering unmentionable cruelties." -Bratt, "Trail

Fanny Kelly (1845-1904) was a North American pioneer. She was captured by the Sioux and released five months later. Her memoirs, which describe her capture, wer

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

Depictions of the American west in literature, art and film perpetuate romantic stereotypes of the pioneers--the gold-crazed '49er, the intrepid sodbuster. Whil