Olive Oatman was born a Mormon, but after her family was slaughtered by Native Americans. (43/77)

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Olive Oatman was born a Mormon, but after her family was slaughtered by Native Americans.

She became Oach, a Mohave tribeswoman in the mid-19th century.⁠ Although she later reentered Western society, ⁠she spent much of her adolescent life in the Native American tribe.

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