Capture of the Daughters of D. Boone and Callaway by the Indians

Karl Bodmer

1852

Artist Karl Bodmer (French, b. Switzerland, 1809–1893)
Title Capture of the Daughters of D. Boone and Callaway by the Indians
Date 1852
Medium Lithograph
Dimensions unframed | 17 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.
Credit line Transfer from Special Collections, Olin Library, Washington University,1988
Object number WU 1988.4.1

Technique lithography
Work type print

Inscription Recto, lower center: Composed and drawn on stone by K. Bodmer

Inscription [CHECK] Textual component: CAPTURE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF D. BOONE AND CALLAWAY BY THE INDIANS. // In July 1776, Jemina Boone daughter of Daniel Boone with her friends Betsey and Frances Callaway, crossed the river opposite Boonesborough in a canoe, at a late hour / in the afternoon. The girls, unconscious of danger, were playing and splashing the water with the paddles until the canoe, floating with the current, drifted near the shore. / Five Indians lay there concealed, one of whom, noiseless and stealthy as a serpent, crawled down the bank until he reached the rope that hung from the bow of the / canoe and hurried he girls away in spite of their cries for help. // (Annals of the West) CAPTURE DES FILLES DE DL BOONE ET DE CALLAWAY PAR LES INDIENS. // Une apres midi de Jullet 1776, Jemina Boone et deux ses amies, Betsy et Frances Callaway, apres avour traversé la riviere en face de l’ établissment européen / de Boonesborough, avaient arrete leur canot pres du bord, insoucieuses du danger comme des jeunes filles de leur age. Mais derriere les buissons de la rive, état cachée / une troupe d’Indiens, l’un d’eux, rampant comme un serpent, entra dans l’eau sans etre apereu et saisissant le canot par la corde, l’entraina en depit des cris des / malheureuses jeunes filles. // (Annals de l’Ouest.)

CAPTURE DES FILLES DE DL BOONE ET DE CALLAWAY PAR LES INDIENS. // Une apres midi de Jullet 1776, Jemina Boone et deux ses amies, Betsy et Frances Callaway, apres avour traversé la riviere en face de l’ établissment européen / de Boonesborough, avaient arrete leur canot pres du bord, insoucieuses du danger comme des jeunes filles de leur age. Mais derriere les buissons de la rive, état cachée / une troupe d’Indiens, l’un d’eux, rampant comme un serpent, entra dans l’eau sans etre apereu et saisissant le canot par la corde, l’entraina en depit des cris des / malheureuses jeunes filles. // (Annals de l’Ouest.)
CAPTURE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF D. BOONE AND CALLAWAY BY THE INDIANS. // In July 1776, Jemina Boone daughter of Daniel Boone with her friends Betsey and Frances Callaway, crossed the river opposite Boonesborough in a canoe, at a late hour / in the afternoon. The girls, unconscious of danger, were playing and splashing the water with the paddles until the canoe, floating with the current, drifted near the shore. / Five Indians lay there concealed, one of whom, noiseless and stealthy as a serpent, crawled down the bank until he reached the rope that hung from the bow of the / canoe and hurried he girls away in spite of their cries for help. // (Annals of the West)

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