A narrative of the life of Mrs. Mary Jemison / James E. Seaver ; with an introduction by June Namias.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seaver, James E. (James Everett), 1787-1827.

Contributor:

Namias, June.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jemison, Mary, 1743-1833.

Jemison, Mary.

Seneca Indians--History.

Seneca Indians.

History.

Pioneers--Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)--Biography.

Pioneers.

Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)--Biography.

Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.).

Indian captivities--Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.).

Indian captivities.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 192 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Other Title:

Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1995.

Summary:

Mary Jemison was one of the most famous white captives who, after being captured by Indians, chose to stay and live among her captors. In the midst of the Seven Years War(1758), at about age fifteen, Jemison was taken from her western Pennsylvania home by a Shawnee and French raiding party. Her family was killed, but Mary was traded to two Seneca sisters who adopted her to replace a slain brother. She lived to survive two Indian husbands, the births of eight children, the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the canal era in upstate New York. In 1833 she died at about age ninety.

Notes:

"Red River books"

Reprint. Originally published: Canandaigua, N.Y. : Printed by J.D. Bemis, 1824.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-184) and index.

ISBN:

0806127171

OCLC:

34134932