List of illustrations -- Prologue -- I. "Ho! for Idaho" -- II. The attack and the capture -- III. My husband's agony -- IV. The beginning of my captivity -- V. Plan for little Mary's escape -- VI. Anxiety, weariness, and thirst -- VII. My life is spared -- VIII. Arrival at the Indian village -- IX. A running battle with the soldiers -- X. Again my life is spared -- XI. I meet another white captive -- XII. Despair and delirium -- XIII. Hope of rescue -- XIV. Indian camp scenes -- XV. My first contract with the soldiers -- XVI. Reflections -- XVII. A prairie on fire -- XVIII. Turned over to the Blackfeet Sioux -- XIX. Indian customs -- XX. Getting along in my new camp -- XXI. "Am I free, indeed free?" -- XXII. My husband is alive -- XXIII. Sad fate of little Mary -- XXIV. Events at Fort Laramie after my capture -- XXV. Sadness and joy -- XXVI. Fates of other captives -- XXVII. False friends and compensation -- XXVIII. General Sully's expedition -- Epilogue -- Appendix.