02180cam a2200325 4500 88792408 TxAuBib 20111017120000.0 080829s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008038358 9780803211483 cloth : alk. paper 0803211481 cloth : alk. paper (OCoLC)244701531 TxAuBib Mifflin, Margot, 1960- The blue tattoo : the life of Olive Oatman / Margot Mifflin. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2009. xi, 261 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-245) and index. Quicksand -- Indian country -- "How little we thought what was before us" -- A year with the Yavapais -- Lorenzo's tale -- Becoming Mohave -- Deeper -- "There is a happy land, far, far away" -- Journey to Yuma -- Hell's outpost -- Rewriting history in Gassburg, Oregon -- Captive audiences -- "We met as friends, giving the left hand in friendship" -- Olive Fairchild, Texan. In 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year old pioneer traveling west toward Zion, with her Mormon family. Within a decade, she was a white Indian with a chin tattoo, caught between cultures. The Blue Tattoo tells the harrowing story of this forgotten heroine of frontier America. Orphaned when her family was brutally killed by Yavapai Indians, Oatman lived as a slave to her captors for a year before being traded to the Mohave, who tattooed her face and raised her as their own. She was fully assimilated and perfectly happy when, at nineteen, she was ransomed back to white society. She became an instant celebrity, but the price of fame was high and the pain of her ruptured childhood lasted a lifetime. 20111017. Oatman, Olive Ann. Oatman, Olive Ann. Captivity. Apache Indians History 19th century. Indian captivities Southwest, New. Yavapai Indians History 19th century. Mohave Indians History 19th century. TXMOO