Clashes between white and Indian societies are erupting into war when Sarah Wakefield is taken captive by the Sioux in frontier Minnesota in 1862. Sarah is a doctor's wife and a well-known friend of the Sioux. As desperate Sioux warriors attack, Sarah falls victim to circumstances beyond her control. In this personal narrative that details the six weeks she is held captive, Sarah vividly describes her trials and anguish, both physical and psychological. Caught between two cultures, she is a woman and a mother struggling to make sense of the sudden, calamitous situation in which she finds herself. When she returns to white society, she discovers that her battles are not yet over. Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees is a reprint of the classic narrative of Sarah Wakefield's survival. Told in her own words, this compelling tale was a best seller when it was originally published more than one hundred years ago.

Today it offers readers a unique perspective on Sioux culture and what life was like on the Great Plains in mid-nineteenth-century America.