While researching early British America, Elise Marienstras became fascinated by Indian folklore told by European Americans. Marienstras argues that the more Indian captivities were told, the more the stories transformed. Typically transformed with heavy stereotypes such as filthy, senseless, and aggressive from R.H Pierce thus, forcing white victims to become biased. Marienstras emphasizes how children are never given enough attention throughout captivity tales, more so depicted as passive victims or mere attributes to their mothers. Marienstras explains that the children are noted as “being the weakest vessel” therefore resulting in being murdered or disappearing. Since children are still developing, they are more likely to be abducted to
