Photos from The Wild West That Were Preserved Forever

Olive Oatman

Olive Oatman is famousbecause of how she was kindapped when she was only 14-year-sold. She and her younger sister were enslaved and traded a year later to the M ohave tribe. Both sisters weretatooed on the chin.Sadly,her sister did not make it out as she died from starvation.

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