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Mary Jemison (1743-1833) was an American frontierswoman and an adopted Seneca. When she was in her teens, she was captured in what is now Adams County, Pennsylvania, from her home along Marsh Creek, and later chose to remain a Seneca. This fascinating book tells her story.

A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison, Who was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, when only about twelve years of age, and has continued to reside amongst them to the present time. CONTAINING An Account of the Murder of her Father and his Family; her sufferings; her... Read Full Overview

'Little woman of great courage'-the life of Mary Jemison

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... Read Full Overview

Violently kidnapped from her homenear Gettysburg, young Mary Jemisonis helpless as the rest of her family ismurdered by Indians.Taken in by those same natives, sheslowly becomes a part of their culture, forced to adapt.This is the true story of DEH-HE-WA-MIS, who comes to be... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

As one of the earliest literary forms of colonial America, the Native American captivity narrative is important not only in the history of American letters but also as an indispensable source concerning the colonization of the "frontier," the peoples who dwelt on either side... Read Full Overview

A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemisonoffers a remarkable perspective on eighteenth-century America. A white settler by birth, Mary Jemison was taken captive as a child in 1758 and adopted by two Seneca sisters. Refusing offers to return to settler society, she chose to... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

""A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison Who Was Taken by the Indians in the Year 1755"" is a biographical account written by James E. Seaver. The book tells the story of Mary Jemison, a white woman who was taken captive by Native Americans during the French and Indian... Read Full Overview

A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF MRS. MARY JEMISON, Who was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, when only about twelve years of age, and has continued to reside amongst them to the present time.CONTAININGAn Account of the Murder of her Father and his Family; her sufferings; her... Read Full Overview