Captured by Another Tribe or Group
Amo, Anton Wilhelm, Bemo, John, Boone, Daniel (under Honorific Adoption), Caddell, James, Captives, Cockenoe, Coolidge, Sherman, Davis, John, Griffis, Joseph, Gülnüs Ummetüllah, Hannibal, Abram Petrovich, Hoo-moo-thy-ah, Jackson, Henry, Janissaries, Jumping Bull, Lehmann, Henry, Mabon Mab Modron, Mariner, William, Minik, Mo Keen, Loki, Montezuma, Carlos, Nazi Germany, O'Connell, James F., Omahuru, Ngatau, Perrott, Caroline, Pitt River Charley, Pryderi, Radisson, Pierre-Esprit, Sacagawea, Shahu Shivaji Raje Bhonsle (under India - Princely States: 1), Shenandoah, Slaves, Slocum, Frances, Te Waharoa, Valero, Helena, Ystumllyn, John,
Hannibal, Abram Petrovich
Hannibal was born an African prince, but kidnapped as a young boy about 1692 and sent to Istanbul as a hostage. A year late he was sent as a present to Tsar Peter of Russia, who used him as... [more]
Hoo-moo-thy-ah
Hoo-moo-thy-ah was born into a traditionalist Yavapai family in Arizona, just before the establishment of Ft. McDowell, built by the US government to subjugate his people. When he was about... [more]
Jackson, Henry
These two men were captured as boys by the Klamath and Modoc people before 1864. They remained with their captors until after the Modoc War of 1872-73, when they returned to their home in C... [more]
Janissaries
These were members of the elite infantry of the Turkish sultans in the middle ages. For part of their history, starting in the 1380s under Sultan Murad I, until 1638, they were recruited... [more]
Jumping Bull
Jumping Bull was an Assiniboine boy, captured by Sitting Bull during a battle. Sitting Bull adopted the child as his brother (thereby saving his life) and named him Hohay (Jumping Bull). Ho... [more]
Lehmann, Henry
Lehmann was captured aged 11 by two Apaches, Billy Chiwat and Pinero, and lived with the Apaches until 1879. His account of his life with them is one of the major primary sources about the ... [more]
Mabon Mab Modron
According to the ancient tale Culhwch ac Olwen, Mabon son of Modron was kidnapped when he was three days old and imprisoned in Gloucester Castle for many years. His rescue was one of the si... [more]
Mariner, William
Mariner was one of the crew of the Port au Prince, most of whom were massacred by the people of the Ha'apai islands, part of Tonga, under their chief Finau 'Ulukalala II, in 1806. Mariner s... [more]
Minik
In 1897 the polar explorer Robert Peary returned from northwestern Greenland with some specimens for the American Museum of Natural History in New York: six real live Inuit, including a man... [more]
Mo Keen, Loki
Mo Keen was a Mexican captured by the Kiowa people as a small boy. He grew up as a Kiowa, and his status as a captive made him important in their religious rites: his performance of the rit... [more]
