Olive Oatman (1837-1903) was a woman whose family was killed in 1851 when she was fourteen in today's Arizona by a Native American tribe, possibly the Yavapai, who captured and enslaved her and her sister and later sold them to the Mohave people.
After several years with the Mohave, during which her sister died of hunger, Olive Oatman returned to the white world, five years after being carried off. The story resonated in the media of the time and long afterward, partly owing to the prominent blue tattooing of Oatman's face by the Mohave.
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Someone on Hell on Wheels really did some homework.
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