I only know some of my family’s American history.
I know about Indians attacking a settler village of one of my ancestors. They captured and enslaved the women and children. The female relative who was captured, was scalped and her hair hooked on the door of their cabin.
I learned it took two years for the men to gather enough fighters to attack the Indians who did it and kill them all - men, women and children. They freed the women and children who were still alive but my female ancestor was “bald for the rest of her days.”
Another ancestor had the first brewery in Pennsylvania and had a pretty big company town. They were very wealthy but alcoholism was a problem. It’s a long story.
My Great Aunt published a book on vanity press about an event that happened on her mother’s side of the family back in the 1800s near St. Joseph Missouri.
Three children, 2 teen=age girls and a younger boy were taken by Indians. They were recovered some time later by Texas Rangers in W. Texas and returned to the family. One of the girls married a young man almost immediately and they moved to Fort Laramie. Apparently she had a child there only a few months later.
If my prim and proper maiden aunt ever made the obvious connection on the dates, she never revealed it personally or in her book.
“The female relative who was captured, was scalped”
She must have suffered hideously.
I wish people were more aware of just how terrifying the Indians actually were.