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Subjects / Tags:	Colonists Comets Earthquakes English French Frontier and pioneer life Historical fiction History Hurricanes Indian captivities Indians of North America Massachusetts Massasoit, 1580-1661 Sea stories Shipwrecks Slave trade Smallpox United States
ENGL 693 Spring 2018's Thoughts:	"An early dime novel, Massasoit’s Daughter, published in 1861, tells the tale of two Indian daughters and their interaction with captive white settlers who were marooned by a shipwreck in 1615. Sameena, the titular character, is the prototypical Indian princess. She intervenes on behalf of two French captives, an old preacher and Louis, when they are taken prisoner, eventually falling in love with the latter. The other daughter is Monoma, offspring of the noble Tisqountam, who befriends a young French girl, Marie. The main antagonist is the former captain of the ship, a Creole Buccaneer named Captain Pierre. Pierre avows to ravage Indian lands and capture slaves after losing his ship, and in so doing, murders the wife of a Pequod chieftain Mattakan, instigating the main conflict of the story. While Mattakan does eventually claim his vengeance against Pierre, the war leads to the slaughter of all on the ship, save for the preacher, Louis, and Marie. Tisqountam is nearly killed by Pierre while trying to call for peace in the Indian council. Sameena eventually leads a daring pair of Englishmen, Robin Ball and St. Elmo, to the Frenchman, who they liberate. At the moment of liberation, a comet flies across the sky and a hurricane blows in, cowing the natives into submission due to their religious beliefs. It ends happily, with Tisqountam surviving and leading his tribe westward, and Sameena marrying and settling with Louis in Canada. The epilogue mentions that disease “occurs” in the tribes, greatly decreasing their number. The story is noteworthy for its repeated opposition to slavery, demonstrating that even abolitionist-leaning texts relied heavily on racist tropes regarding Native Americans, as the text portrays the vengeful natives as bloody warriors with the scalps of women and children mounted on their spears. There are also notable examples of the noble savage and Indian princess trope."--Doug DePalma, graduate student at NIU enrolled in ENGL 693, Spring 2018 More reviews by ENGL 693 Spring 2018

Subjects / Tags:

Colonists
Comets
Earthquakes
English
French
Frontier and pioneer life
Historical fiction
History
Hurricanes
Indian captivities
Indians of North America
Massachusetts
Massasoit, 1580-1661
Sea stories
Shipwrecks
Slave trade
Smallpox
United States

ENGL 693 Spring 2018's Thoughts:

"An early dime novel, Massasoit’s Daughter, published in 1861, tells the tale of two Indian daughters and their interaction with captive white settlers who were marooned by a shipwreck in 1615. Sameena, the titular character, is the prototypical Indian princess. She intervenes on behalf of two French captives, an old preacher and Louis, when they are taken prisoner, eventually falling in love with the latter. The other daughter is Monoma, offspring of the noble Tisqountam, who befriends a young French girl, Marie. The main antagonist is the former captain of the ship, a Creole Buccaneer named Captain Pierre. Pierre avows to ravage Indian lands and capture slaves after losing his ship, and in so doing, murders the wife of a Pequod chieftain Mattakan, instigating the main conflict of the story. While Mattakan does eventually claim his vengeance against Pierre, the war leads to the slaughter of all on the ship, save for the preacher, Louis, and Marie. Tisqountam is nearly killed by Pierre while trying to call for peace in the Indian council. Sameena eventually leads a daring pair of Englishmen, Robin Ball and St. Elmo, to the Frenchman, who they liberate. At the moment of liberation, a comet flies across the sky and a hurricane blows in, cowing the natives into submission due to their religious beliefs. It ends happily, with Tisqountam surviving and leading his tribe westward, and Sameena marrying and settling with Louis in Canada. The epilogue mentions that disease “occurs” in the tribes, greatly decreasing their number. The story is noteworthy for its repeated opposition to slavery, demonstrating that even abolitionist-leaning texts relied heavily on racist tropes regarding Native Americans, as the text portrays the vengeful natives as bloody warriors with the scalps of women and children mounted on their spears. There are also notable examples of the noble savage and Indian princess trope."--Doug DePalma, graduate student at NIU enrolled in ENGL 693, Spring 2018

More reviews by ENGL 693 Spring 2018

Beadle's American Library edition, with filler

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Online Full Text:	Northern Illinois University (Note: Missing wrappers, edges of pages marbled.) Northern Illinois University
Series:	Beadle's American Library no. 6 (chapters I-XVIII (conclusion), pages 5-115)
Item:	Massasoit's Daughter; or, The French Captives. A Romance of Aboriginal New-England
Author:	Duganne, A. J. H. (Augustine Joseph Hickey), 1823-1884
Date:	August 1, 1861

Beadle's Dime Novels edition

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Online Full Text:	Northern Illinois University
Series:	Beadle's Dime Novels no. 19
Item:	Massasoit's Daughter; or, The French Captives. A Romance of Aboriginal New-England
Author:	Duganne, A. J. H. (Augustine Joseph Hickey), 1823-1884
Date:	March 15, 1861
Publisher:	Beadle and Company (New York (N.Y.): 141 William St.) -- United States
OCLC Number:	08921447

Beadle's Fifteen Cent Novels edition

Series:	Beadle's Fifteen Cent Novels no. 19
Item:	Massasoit's Daughter; or, The French Captives. A Romance of Aboriginal New-England
Author:	Duganne, A. J. H. (Augustine Joseph Hickey), 1823-1884
Date:	March 15, 1861

Standard Library of Romance edition

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Online Full Text:	Northern Illinois University
Series:	Standard Library of Romance no. 2
Item:	Massasoit's Daughter; or, The French Captives. A Romance of Aboriginal New-England
Author:	Duganne, A. J. H. (Augustine Joseph Hickey), 1823-1884
Date:	August 9, 1862

Beadle's Pocket Novels edition

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Online Full Text:	Northern Illinois University
Series:	Beadle's Pocket Novels no. 233
Item:	Massasoit's Daughter; or, The French Captives. A Romance of Aboriginal New-England
Author:	Duganne, A. J. H. (Augustine Joseph Hickey), 1823-1884
Date:	May 29, 1883
Publisher:	Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (New York (N.Y.): No. 98 William Street) -- United States
OCLC Number:	30479464

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