Living with the Senecas
Author | : Susan Bivin Aller |
Publisher | : Millbrook Press |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 2007-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780822587781 |
ISBN-13 | : 0822587785 |
Rating | : 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Download or read book Living with the Senecas written by Susan Bivin Aller and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Jemison was born in 1743 as her parents emigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania. When she was fifteen years old, a group of raiding Shawnee Indians and French soldiers captured her and her family. She was the only one to survive. For seventy-five years, she lived among the Seneca Indians who adopted her. She outlived two husbands and bore eight children. She witnessed two wars and a revolution. Even though she could have returned to the white world, she chose to remain with the Senecas and became a loyal and respected member of her tribe.