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The Oatman massacre is just about the famous and remarkable captivity stories in the annals of the Southwest. With this riveting consideration, Brian McGinty explores the background, development, and aftermath of the tragedy. Roys Oatman, a dissident Mormon, led his family of nine and some other families from their homes in Illinois over a journey west, thinking a prophecy that they might find the fertile "Land of Bashan" at the confluence of the Gila and Colorado Streams. On Feb 18, 1851, a group of southwestern Indians attacked the family over a cliff looking over the Gila River in present-day Az. All but three members of the family were killed. The attackers took thirteen-year-old Olive and eight-year-old Mary Ann captive and still left their wounded fourteen-year-old brother Lorenzo for deceased. Although Mary Ann didn't survive, Olive resided to be rescued and reunited with her brother at Fort Yuma. On Olive's return to white population in 1857, Royal B. Stratton published a e book that sensationalized the storyplot, and Olive herself went on lecture tours, telling of her experiences and thrilling viewers with her Mohave chin tattoos.
