De-he-wa-mis, or, A narrative of the life of Mary Jemison, otherwise called the White Woman : who was taken captive by the Indians in MDCCLV, and who continued with them seventy eight years : containing an account of the murder of her father and his family, her marriages and sufferings, Indian barbarities, customs and traditions,

Mary Jemison (1743-1833) was born on the ship William and Mary as her family were emigrating from Londonderry, Ireland to America. Her father Thomas Jemison, of rural farming class, and his wife Jane Erwin settled with their family in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. This is an oral narrative by Jemison who...

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