“She worked there for several months as a slave in a Mexican family until they sold her to a wealthy Hispanic man from Santa Fe, N.M. He also purchased another young captive Apache woman from New Mexico to accompany them. Both women were loaded onto an oxcart bound for Santa Fe in a journey that could take at least three months.” WomenHistoryMexicoNative AmericanTribeSouthwestSanta FeTrue StoriesApache Book:Captives of the Southwest Source: Captives of the Southwest
“One time, a 16-year-old member of Vicente’s group risked his safety trying to save a captive Texas girl, who had been seized by Comanches while taking clothes to wash at a stream near her house.” HistoryHispanicNew MexicoTribeSouthwestTrue StoriesComanche Book:Captives of the Southwest Source: Captives of the Southwest