He brother was left for dead, but managed to survive. He never forgot his missing little sisters, and when he was able to gather enough funds, he started searching for them. Eventually he succeeded, but only Olive had survived the horrible treatment, near starvation and multiple rapes.
As I recall, seven of the family of ten were killed on the spot.
The father said they didn't need a gun, because if they treated the Indians well, they would not be attacked.
Sounds like the story of Mary Jemison who was kidnapped by Indians in PA when she was a little girl after they killed her family. They took her to Western NY State and she lived with them for decades
When we visit Letchworth State Park we go see the cabin where she lived.
According to the Wikipedia she did not get the tattoos until traded to the Mohave where all had such tattoos to identify them to their forebears when they entered the spirit world at death. It was for her, a sign of assimilation.
Just curious, from Oatman AX?