As I continue on with extracting information out of the Michael Shoemaker book for the relations of Carol Taylor Gillespie, I continue to find some very interesting history.
When I was a girl it was popular for genealogist to have Indian blood.
So here I am on page 562 and there is a story about a small girl of about 4 years old. The Wyoming Valley, in Pennsylvania is an area under attack by both the Indians and the Tories. A home was attacked and a small girl was found hiding and kidnapped. For more than 50 years the family searched and pleaded with officials to find this missing sister. Finally after many mishaps with the information it finds it's way to the family. They are finally reunited in her home on the Miami Indian Reservation in Indiana. They find she was treated as a treasure, because she was white with beautiful red hair. She married an Indian Chief named She-po-con-ah and her name had been changed to Mac-on-a-qauh. They had four children and she had adopted all the Indian ways. When they found her she remembered her capture but had forgotten English.
Her story can be found in full on the internet :
Biography of Frances Slocum: The Lost Sister of Wyoming.
enjoy
When I was a girl it was popular for genealogist to have Indian blood.
So here I am on page 562 and there is a story about a small girl of about 4 years old. The Wyoming Valley, in Pennsylvania is an area under attack by both the Indians and the Tories. A home was attacked and a small girl was found hiding and kidnapped. For more than 50 years the family searched and pleaded with officials to find this missing sister. Finally after many mishaps with the information it finds it's way to the family. They are finally reunited in her home on the Miami Indian Reservation in Indiana. They find she was treated as a treasure, because she was white with beautiful red hair. She married an Indian Chief named She-po-con-ah and her name had been changed to Mac-on-a-qauh. They had four children and she had adopted all the Indian ways. When they found her she remembered her capture but had forgotten English.
Her story can be found in full on the internet :
Biography of Frances Slocum: The Lost Sister of Wyoming.
enjoy
1 comment:
I love that you post these tidbits for us. Thank you so much!
reburg
Post a Comment