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The Oatmans were members of the Mormon religion. Believing that they were immigrating to a divine country, the Oatmans traveled to Arizona, where they were massacred by Yavapai (some say it was the Apache). The only survivors of the Oatman family massacre were Mary Ann, her sister Olive and brother Lorenzo, who was badly injured.
Mary Ann and her sister Olive were taken as slaves by the Yavapai. Tied with ropes and forced to walk along the Arizona desert, the girls' health suffered deeply; they became hungry and dehydrated. Whenever they asked for rest or water, they would be poked by the Yavapai with lances.
Mary Ann and Olive were forced to hard labor, and they would be bothered by Yavapai children, who used sticks to burn them.
In 1851, the sisters were traded to the Mohave tribe for a couple of horses and bags of beans. The Mohave chief and his family welcomed the Oatman sisters with love and care, giving them food and providing them with a family life. Unfortunately for young Mary Ann, the help came too late: her body affected by the hunger and illness she suffered as a captive, she died soon after being taken by the chief's family.
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Mary Ann died in captivity in 1853 by the Mohave's about 100 miles north of the massacre site and is buried in an unknown grave where their village was along the Colorado River.
Under the category near the bottom of your site termed "Burial:" it should be changed from "Oatman Grave" to "Unknown." Or perhaps under the "Burial" category this could be stated: "Unknown grave on the site of the Mohave village on the east bank of the Colorado River."
This little info received from Gerald T Ahnert on 10/9/15. The Butterfield Trail and Overland Mail Company in Arizona, 1858-1861
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I have removed her from the Oatman Cemetery, although the cemetery listing that I used said she was there.
The Oatmans were members of the Mormon religion. Believing that they were immigrating to a divine country, the Oatmans traveled to Arizona, where they were massacred by Yavapai (some say it was the Apache). The only survivors of the Oatman family massacre were Mary Ann, her sister Olive and brother Lorenzo, who was badly injured.
Mary Ann and her sister Olive were taken as slaves by the Yavapai. Tied with ropes and forced to walk along the Arizona desert, the girls' health suffered deeply; they became hungry and dehydrated. Whenever they asked for rest or water, they would be poked by the Yavapai with lances.
Mary Ann and Olive were forced to hard labor, and they would be bothered by Yavapai children, who used sticks to burn them.
In 1851, the sisters were traded to the Mohave tribe for a couple of horses and bags of beans. The Mohave chief and his family welcomed the Oatman sisters with love and care, giving them food and providing them with a family life. Unfortunately for young Mary Ann, the help came too late: her body affected by the hunger and illness she suffered as a captive, she died soon after being taken by the chief's family.
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Mary Ann died in captivity in 1853 by the Mohave's about 100 miles north of the massacre site and is buried in an unknown grave where their village was along the Colorado River.
Under the category near the bottom of your site termed "Burial:" it should be changed from "Oatman Grave" to "Unknown." Or perhaps under the "Burial" category this could be stated: "Unknown grave on the site of the Mohave village on the east bank of the Colorado River."
This little info received from Gerald T Ahnert on 10/9/15. The Butterfield Trail and Overland Mail Company in Arizona, 1858-1861
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I have removed her from the Oatman Cemetery, although the cemetery listing that I used said she was there.
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The Oatmans were members of the Mormon religion. Believing that they were immigrating to a divine country, the Oatmans traveled to Arizona, where they were massacred by Yavapai (some say it was the Apache). The only survivors of the Oatman family massacre were Mary Ann, her sister Olive and brother Lorenzo, who was badly injured.
Mary Ann and her sister Olive were taken as slaves by the Yavapai. Tied with ropes and forced to walk along the Arizona desert, the girls' health suffered deeply; they became hungry and dehydrated. Whenever they asked for rest or water, they would be poked by the Yavapai with lances.
Mary Ann and Olive were forced to hard labor, and they would be bothered by Yavapai children, who used sticks to burn them.
In 1851, the sisters were traded to the Mohave tribe for a couple of horses and bags of beans. The Mohave chief and his family welcomed the Oatman sisters with love and care, giving them food and providing them with a family life. Unfortunately for young Mary Ann, the help came too late: her body affected by the hunger and illness she suffered as a captive, she died soon after being taken by the chief's family.
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Mary Ann died in captivity in 1853 by the Mohave's about 100 miles north of the massacre site and is buried in an unknown grave where their village was along the Colorado River.
Under the category near the bottom of your site termed "Burial:" it should be changed from "Oatman Grave" to "Unknown." Or perhaps under the "Burial" category this could be stated: "Unknown grave on the site of the Mohave village on the east bank of the Colorado River."
This little info received from Gerald T Ahnert on 10/9/15. The Butterfield Trail and Overland Mail Company in Arizona, 1858-1861
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I have removed her from the Oatman Cemetery, although the cemetery listing that I used said she was there.
The Oatmans were members of the Mormon religion. Believing that they were immigrating to a divine country, the Oatmans traveled to Arizona, where they were massacred by Yavapai (some say it was the Apache). The only survivors of the Oatman family massacre were Mary Ann, her sister Olive and brother Lorenzo, who was badly injured.
Mary Ann and her sister Olive were taken as slaves by the Yavapai. Tied with ropes and forced to walk along the Arizona desert, the girls' health suffered deeply; they became hungry and dehydrated. Whenever they asked for rest or water, they would be poked by the Yavapai with lances.
Mary Ann and Olive were forced to hard labor, and they would be bothered by Yavapai children, who used sticks to burn them.
In 1851, the sisters were traded to the Mohave tribe for a couple of horses and bags of beans. The Mohave chief and his family welcomed the Oatman sisters with love and care, giving them food and providing them with a family life. Unfortunately for young Mary Ann, the help came too late: her body affected by the hunger and illness she suffered as a captive, she died soon after being taken by the chief's family.
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Mary Ann died in captivity in 1853 by the Mohave's about 100 miles north of the massacre site and is buried in an unknown grave where their village was along the Colorado River.
Under the category near the bottom of your site termed "Burial:" it should be changed from "Oatman Grave" to "Unknown." Or perhaps under the "Burial" category this could be stated: "Unknown grave on the site of the Mohave village on the east bank of the Colorado River."
This little info received from Gerald T Ahnert on 10/9/15. The Butterfield Trail and Overland Mail Company in Arizona, 1858-1861
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I have removed her from the Oatman Cemetery, although the cemetery listing that I used said she was there.
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