To support her argument, Carter uses the newspaper, The Daily Patriot, to show the type of rumors already in place when the women were released from their "captors". For example quotes such as this one from The Daily Patriot demonstrate

Citing two books, "White Captives: Gender and Ethnicity on the American Frontier" by June Namias, and "North Country Captives: Selected Naratives of Indian Captivity from Vermont and New Hampshire" by Colin Calloway to depict the "typical Indian captivity narrative" of the time. She notes that they all told generally the same story, of which this was no exception. The stories were to found to be especially usefull when they involoved women.*

Aside from the criticism on her choice of some sources I do think she proved her argument once she got around to making it. At first I wasn't sure exactly what it was she was planning to argue, but when she made her case it was well supported. However, she does draw attention to the "stockholm syndrome" (The behavior of hostages or prisoners who appear to accept and replicate the bhavious of their captors)60, which has the potenti

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Sarah Carter, Toronto Daily, Theresa Delaney, Daily Patriot, Colin Calloway, Indian Affairs, Bears Camp, daily patriot, indian captivity, sarah carter,
Approximate Word count = 591
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)