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Lesson Plan

Mary's Choice: To Go or Stay?

...students will then apply them to history. Mary Jemison was sixteen years old when a party of Shawnee and French Soldiers captured her family on April 5, 1758 in Adams County, Pennsylvania. While the rest of her family was murdered, Mary was taken to two Seneca sisters...


Original Document

Mary Jemison Describes her Adoption into an Indian Family

Mary Jemison Describes her Adoption into an Indian Family From James Seaver, ed., A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison (1824; Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1990), 19-22. Jemison was captured by Shawnee Indians but she was eventually adopted by two...


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Taking of Mary Jemison, by Robert Griffing

...Jemison's capture, she and other captives are led away from a burning homestead into the darkening Pennsylvania wilderness. Note the younger children captives behind Mary and the Frenchmen in leather leggings and white linen shirts who are part of the raiding party.
A detail from a painting by Robert Griffing that depicts the kidnapping of colonist Mary Jemison by Shawnee Indians and French raiders.


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The Taking of Mary Jemison, by Robert Griffing.

In this painting Robert Griffing depicted the kidnapping of colonist Mary Jemison in 1758 by Shawnee Indians and French raiders.
This painting by Robert Griffing depicts the kidnapping of colonist Mary Jemison by Shawnee Indians and French raiders.


Historical Marker

Mary Jemison

U.S. 30 at junction Pa. 234, 4 miles W of Cashtown
...War, a party of French soldiers and Shawnee took Mary Jemison from her home 3 miles north of here. Although most of her family and neighbors were killed, Mary was adopted by two Seneca women. Jemison lived with the tribe and in 1762 traveled to their tribal home on the...


Web Citation

A Glimpse of Mary Jemison

...of Mary's story. Interesting additional links at the bottom of the page, include a sketch of Mary Jemison when she was ninety, information on her reburial and grave site, a picture of her statue, information about her children, and a picture of her cabin at the Gardeau...


Image File

A detail from a painting by Robert Griffing that depicts the kidnapping of colonist Mary Jemison by Shawnee Indians and French raiders.

A detail from a painting by Robert Griffing that depicts the kidnapping of colonist Mary Jemison by Shawnee Indians and French raiders.
A detail from a painting by Robert Griffing that depicts the kidnapping of colonist Mary Jemison by Shawnee Indians and French raiders.


Web Citation

About Mary Jemison

This website offers a brief biography of Mary Jemison and also lists relevant books and websites for reference. A list of other captivity narratives is included. You can also access the full text of Dr. James Seaver's captivity narrative of Mary.


Original Document

The Return of Indian Captives, 1764.

...as family members, and many such captives, like Mary Jemison, took pains to avoid returning to white society. Other captives, such as Simon Girty, were returned in scenes similar to the one described below. "And here I am to enter on a scene, reserved on purpose...


Web Citation

Captured By Indians: Mary Jemison Becomes an Indian

This History Matters site gives Mary Jemison's transcribed account of her captivity (an excerpt of Seaver's text). For the title page of Seaver's account, see the University of Pennsylvania link at the bottom of the page.


Web Citation

Letchworth Park History

A good biography of Mary Jemison and her life among the Seneca tribe. Recommended for young adults.


Audio File

Mary Jemison

French and Indian War in Pennsylvania Mary Jemison Marker


Original Document

Mary Jemison Describes her Adoption into an Indian Family, circa 1758.

...resided. There we landed, and the Indians [Jemison's captors] went on; which was the last I ever saw of them. Having made fast to the shore, the Squaws left me in the canoe while they went to their wigwam or house in the town, and returned with a suit of Indian...


Citation

Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison

Lenski, Lois
Book
Harper Trophy
1995


Web Citation

Mary Jemison, Letchworth Park History

This web site offers a biographical sketch of one of Pennsylvania's most famous Indian captives and links to information on her family's history.

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