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The Present State of the European Settlements on the Missisippi

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Title

The Present State of the European Settlements on the Missisippi

Description

As more people began settling in America and coming more in contact with Native Americans a new genre of fiction sprang up, the captivity narrative. These were accounts of people, often women and children, who were taken captive after violent confrontations between Native Americans and settlers.

Later narratives became somewhat sensationalized and probably contained exaggerations as the readers' appetites for such descriptions increased.

Creator

Pittman, Philip, Captain

Publisher

J. Nourse

Date

1770

Citation

Pittman, Philip, Captain, “The Present State of the European Settlements on the Missisippi,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed March 29, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/7672.