The Daughter of the Sioux

Charles King was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. He was the son of Civil War general Rufus King and great grandson of Rufus King, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He graduated from West point in 1866 and served in the Army during the Indian Wars under George Crook. He was wounded in the arm forcing his retirement from the regular army. During this time he became acquainted with Buffalo Bill Cody. King would later write scripts for several of Cody's silent films.

King's writings, relating to American Indians, cover a complex range of opinion within his novels. His sympathy for their cause of defending their homelands, and being forced to adopt a new lifestyle, did not stop him from graphically portraying them as savage and barbaric peoples. However, King also used his writings to harshly criticize U.S. government policies that resulted in Indian treaties not being honored and that permitted rampant corruption among government-appointed reservation agents. As a lieutenant in the 5th Cavalry, King was a participant on the American western frontier, who personally fought in battles with Southwestern and Plains Indians and observed government policies first hand. Charles King is credited today with helping to establish the "Western novel" as a romantic and dramatic genre of American literature, based upon a sturdy foundation of historical realism. (Summary compiled from Wikipedia and THE LIFE OF CHARLES KING
by Nathan Bender, Housel Curator, McCracken Research Library within The Buffalo Bill Historical Center.) (7 hr 52 min)

Chapters

Foreshadowed Events	26:48	Read by Maire Rhode
Absent From Duty	20:26	Read by Maire Rhode
A Night Encounter	16:49	Read by Shirley Anderson
The Sign Of The Bar Shoe	15:12	Read by Christine Blachford
A Grave Discovery	17:37	Read by Shirley Anderson
First Sight Of The Foe	19:21	Read by texttalker
Blood Will Tell	18:55	Read by texttalker
More Strange Discoveries	18:00	Read by texttalker
Bad News From The Front	12:30	Read by Christine Blachford
"I'll never go back"	18:18	Read by John W. Michaels
A Fight With A Fury	13:27	Read by Christine Blachford
The Ordeal By Fire	22:23	Read by John W. Michaels
Wounded--Body And Soul	18:22	Read by John W. Michaels
A Vanished Heroine	18:11	Read by John W. Michaels
A Woman's Plot	26:10	Read by Maire Rhode
Night Prowling At Frayne	24:22	Read by Maire Rhode
A Rifled Desk	14:36	Read by Christine Blachford
Burglary At Blake's	16:08	Read by Christine Blachford
A Slap For The Major	20:49	Read by John W. Michaels
The Sioux Surrounded	21:51	Read by John W. Michaels
Thanksgiving At Frayne	22:15	Read by John W. Michaels
Behind The Bars	18:35	Read by texttalker
A Soldier Entangled	19:29	Read by Jim Fish
The Death Song Of The Sioux	22:36	Read by Maire Rhode
L'envoi - Epilogue	9:26	Read by Varra Unreal

Reviews

Great Story

(5 stars)

Jpassservais

It is hard to believe that there were so few good books written about our great American West. However it may be due simply to my ignorance and there may be many more of which I am unaware. There are certainly, I am sure, many stories to be or that could be told about this topic which are either hidden in the graves of those who lived them or are written and I am ignorant as to where they are. I have not looked hard enough, though, to comment but as I see only a few more than 80 western books and so many others from other countries (which, I enjoy immensely as well) I believe there must be more somewhere and I will continue to search for them because I do enjoy this part of our American story. The readers all did a good job and as I have said the story is very well written and I would recommend it to those who are interested in this subject as I am. God Bless Librivox!

Interesting Story

(3 stars)

mnels

I found this story quite interesting. However, some of the readers were very hard to understand.

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