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Mohave tribe.
From that moment on, Olive's life changed. The
Mohaves lived in a beautiful valley bisected by the
Colorado River. The chief and his wife adopted Olive,
and treated her as a daughter. She learned the lan-
guage and customs of her new “family.”
For the Mohaves, tattoos were important. Since
Olive was part of their tribe, she was tattooed on her
chin like all Mohave women. Her tattoo was a series
of five blue vertical lines that extended from her
lower lip to her jaw. With this tattoo, she officially
became a Mohave.
For almost five years, Olive lived with the
Mohaves. Then in February 1856, she was “res-
cued” and taken back to the “American” world of
her birth. This cultural transition for the 19 year-old
girl was difficult and painful. For the second time in
her life, she had lost a “family.” For the second time
in her life, she had to adjust to a “new” culture.
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oirs were recorded in several
books.
Olive married a wealthy
rancher
who took her to Texas.
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There she led a quiet life and did
charity work. She rarely went
out, but when she did, she always
wore a veil to cover her face. She
died in 1903 at the age of 66.
Despite her fame, Olive Oat-
man was always different from
other American women. She
was, after all, the lady with the
blue tattoo.
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