The Present State of the European Settlements on the Missisippi
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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.
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.