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This copy from an original photograph shows Sarah Catherine White Brooks. Sarah was captured by Cheyenne Indians on August 13, 1868 on the family homestead near the Republican River in northern, Kansas. For seven months Sarah was held in captivity until March of 1869 when General George Custer and troops from the Seventh and Nineteenth Kansas rescued her.
Creator: Cunningham, C. C.
Date: Between 1879 and 1880
Item Number: 505139
Call Number: Accn# 1998-220.01, #1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 505139
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1870s - 1879
Date - 1880s - 1880
Military - Service - Army - Cavalry - 7th Cavalry
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - American Indians - Tribes - Cheyenne
People - Notable People - Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876
People - Women
Places - Regions - Northeast Kansas
Places - Rivers - Republican
Type of Material - Photographs
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