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Rescue of Captives by Custer Recalls 1868 Kansas Kidnapping
An 88-year-old Kansas woman, Sarah Brooks, recalled her 1868 abduction by Cheyenne Indians and rescue by Gen. George A. Custer and the Seventh Cavalry. The article recounts her seven months in captivity, the 1874 German sisters' rescue by Gen. Miles, and the wider Cheyenne raids on Kansas families.
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Kansas
Gen. Custer
Elmo Scott Watson
Union
America
Kentucky
George A. Custer
Seventh Cavalry
Sarah Brooks
Sarah White
Benjamin White
Wisconsin
Granny Creek
Republican River
Sarah
Mr. White
Buffalo Creek
Buffalo
Anna Brewster Morgan
Solomon Valley
Sheridan
Samuel N. Crawford
Phil Sheridan
Crawford
Nineteenth
Ter
Custer
Brewster
Mrs. Morgan
Fort Cobb
North Fork
Red River
Wheeler County
Texas
Medicine Arrow
Rock Forehead
Little Robe
Seventh
Cook
Plains
Maud Muller
Fort Dodge
Fort Hays
Kansas State
Miss White
George’ A.~ Custer
Nelson A. Miles
John German
Blue Ridge
Lydia
Colorado
German
Fort Wallace
Rebecca Jane
Joanna
Gray Beard
Miles
Frank D. Baldwin
Sophia
Katherine
Julia
Stone Calf
Pecos’ River
New Mexico
Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie
Cheyenne Agency
Indian Territory
Fort Leavenworth
Addie
Frank Andrews
Bern
Kan
Julia Brooks
Humboldt, Neb