Living With the Senecas A Story About Mary Jemison

Mary Jemison endured many hardships, dangers, and tragedies during her life. She 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. Book jacket.Aller, Susan Bivin is the author of 'Living With the Senecas A Story About Mary Jemison', published 2007 under ISBN 9780822559894 and ISBN 0822559897.