What did American Indians do with captives?
John O’Connor (Phoenix, Arizona)
The taking of captives varied with the various tribes, but generally, all adult and older males were killed. Sometimes young children were killed, and oftentimes young males and females were adopted and raised in the tribe. Some were assimilated. Others were enslaved or sold to other tribes or held for ransom.
Cynthia Ann Parker was nine yea
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