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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 47088, member: 111"]Was fascinated as a kid by the John Wayne movie 'The Searchers' and read Olive Oatman's story years ago, rereading it when 'Hell on Wheels' premiered - the 'Eva' character's tattoos and history are based on her. Seems more likely that the tattoo was done when she became a wife, rather than a slave. She changed her recollections as time went on, with the Mojave becoming more her captors than as first told - a white woman of that era would have wanted to avoid the stigma of having been in a consensual relationship with an Indian...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 47088, member: 111"]Was fascinated as a kid by the John Wayne movie 'The Searchers' and read Olive Oatman's story years ago, rereading it when 'Hell on Wheels' premiered - the 'Eva' character's tattoos and history are based on her. Seems more likely that the tattoo was done when she became a wife, rather than a slave. She changed her recollections as time went on, with the Mojave becoming more her captors than as first told - a white woman of that era would have wanted to avoid the stigma of having been in a consensual relationship with an Indian... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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