A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison |An example of the
Indian Captivity Narrative, written in 1823 by James E. Seaver
from interviews with Mary Jemison.| LIFE OF MARY JEMISON. She
leaves Wiishto for Fort Pitt, in company with her Husband.--Her
feelings on setting out.--Contrast between the labor of the
white and Indian Women.--Deficiency of Arts amongst the Indians.
--Their former Happiness.--Baneful effects of Civilization, and
the introduction of ardent Spirits amongst them, &c.--Journey up
the River.--Murder of three Traders by the Shawnees.--Her
Husband stops at a Trading House.--Wantonness of the Shawnees.--
Moves up the Sandusky.--Meets her Brother from Ge-nish-a-u.--Her
Husband goes to Wiishto, and she sets out for Genishau in
company with her Brothers.--They arrive at Sandusky.--
Occurrences at that place.--Her Journey to Genishau, and
Reception by her Mother and Friends. In the spring, when Thomas
was three or four moons [months] old, we returned from Sciota to
Wiishto, and soon after set out t