Item #5853 In Captivity. The Experience, Privations and Dangers of Sam'l J. Brown, and Others, while Prisoners of the Hostile Sioux, during the Massacre and War of 1862. Also, an Account of the Perilous Ride made by Mr. Brown in 1865, to save the Frontier Settlement from Attack. Samuel J. Brown.
In Captivity. The Experience, Privations and Dangers of Sam'l J. Brown, and Others, while Prisoners of the Hostile Sioux, during the Massacre and War of 1862. Also, an Account of the Perilous Ride made by Mr. Brown in 1865, to save the Frontier Settlement from Attack
In Captivity. The Experience, Privations and Dangers of Sam'l J. Brown, and Others, while Prisoners of the Hostile Sioux, during the Massacre and War of 1862. Also, an Account of the Perilous Ride made by Mr. Brown in 1865, to save the Frontier Settlement from Attack
In Captivity. The Experience, Privations and Dangers of Sam'l J. Brown, and Others, while Prisoners of the Hostile Sioux, during the Massacre and War of 1862. Also, an Account of the Perilous Ride made by Mr. Brown in 1865, to save the Frontier Settlement from Attack
In Captivity. The Experience, Privations and Dangers of Sam'l J. Brown, and Others, while Prisoners of the Hostile Sioux, during the Massacre and War of 1862. Also, an Account of the Perilous Ride made by Mr. Brown in 1865, to save the Frontier Settlement from Attack

In Captivity. The Experience, Privations and Dangers of Sam'l J. Brown, and Others, while Prisoners of the Hostile Sioux, during the Massacre and War of 1862. Also, an Account of the Perilous Ride made by Mr. Brown in 1865, to save the Frontier Settlement from Attack

Mankato, MN: [Daily & Weekly Review], [1896?]. First edition. 27x22cm, [1], 16pp including title leaf with blank verso. Text in triple column. Stab sewn and reinforced with white adhesive along spine. Title leaf reinforced on verso, 9th leaf and portion of 10th in expert facsimile, few repaired horizontal tears, staining to final leaf. Text complete and readable. Ownership signature of S.J. Brown Jr. on title leaf. A good copy.

The rare, firsthand account by Samuel Jerome Brown (1845-1925) of his family's captivity while prisoners of the Sioux Indians during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.  Brown, his father, Joseph R. Brown, and family were taken captive on August 18th along with other settlers of mixed-blood, Brown's mother being a descendant of Dakota chief Tatanka Mani.  The account details the family's incidents and dangers of captivity until their release by General Sibley in late September.  The introduction states:


"The following historic sketch, written by Mr. Brown, was published int he Daily and Weekly Review, and embraces the only authentic account of the Sioux Massacre and War from the Indian side."

Note, this copy does not include the second section of 8 pgs. titled "Execution of Thirty-Eight Sioux Indians at Mankato, Minnesota, December 26, 1862, which is present in the Newberry copy.  This copy does match with that held by the Minnesota Historical Society Library.  

This copy, amazingly, was likely owned by Brown's son, Samuel Jerome Brown Jr. (1877-1958), whose signature we match with his WWII Draft Card from 1942, via Ancestry dot com.  

Decidedly scarce in commerce, we identify just the copy sold at the Streeter sale in 1967.  An important piece of Minnesota history.  

Streeter 1979.
. Item #5853

Price: $2,000.00

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