A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity: Dispatches from the Dakota WarThis edition of A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity rescues from obscurity a crucially important work about the bitterly contested U. S. Dakota War of 1862. Written by Mary Butler Renville, an Anglo woman, with the assistance of her Dakota husband, John Baptiste Renville, A Thrilling Narrative was printed only once as a book in 1863 and has not been republished since. The work details the Renvilles' experiences as "captives" among their Dakota