@article{455290,
      recid = {455290},
      author = {Haefeli, Evan, and Sweeney, Kevin, and Haefeli, Evan,},
      title = {Captive histories : English, French, and Native narratives  of the 1704 Deerfield raid /},
      publisher = {University of Massachusetts Press,},
      address = {Amherst :},
      pages = {xx, 298 p. :},
      year = {2006},
      note = {Documentary supplement to: Captors and captives. c2003.},
      abstract = {This volume draws together an unusually rich body of  original sources that tell the story of the 1704 French and  Indian attack on Deerfield, Massachusetts, from different  vantage points. Texts range from one of the most famous  early American captivity narratives, John Williams's The  Redeemed Captive, to the records of French soldiers and  clerics, to little-known Abenaki and Mohawk stories of the  raid that emerged out of their communities' oral  traditions. Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney provide a  general introduction, extensive annotations, and headnotes  to each text. Although the oft-reprinted Redeemed Captive  stands at the core of this collection, it is juxtaposed to  less familiar accounts of captivity composed by other  Deerfield residents: Quentin Stockwell, Daniel Belding,  Joseph Petty, Joseph Kellogg, and the teenaged Stephen  Williams. Presented in their original form, before clerical  editors revised and embellished their content to highlight  religious themes, these stories challenge long-standing  assumptions about classic Puritan captivity narratives. The  inclusion of three Abenaki and Mohawk narratives of the  Deerfield raid is equally noteworthy, offering a rare  opportunity not only to compare captors' and captives'  accounts of the same experiences, but to do so with  reference to different Native oral traditions. Similarly,  the memoirs of French military officers and an excerpt from  the Jesuit Relations illuminate the motivations behind the  attack and offer fresh insights into the complexities of  French-Indian alliances. Taken together, the stories  collected in this volume, framed by the editors'  introduction and the assessments of two Native scholars,  Taiaiake Alfred and MargeBruchac, allow readers to  reconstruct the history of the Deerfield raid from multiple  points of view and, in so doing, to explore the interplay  of culture and memory that shapes our understanding of the  past.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/455290},
}