A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF MRS. MARY JEMISON,

Who was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, when only about twelve
years of age, and has continued to reside amongst them to the present time.

CONTAINING

An Account of the Murder of her Father and his Family; her sufferings; her
marriage to two Indians; her troubles with her Children; barbarities of
the Indians in the French and Revolutionary Wars; the life of her last
Husband, &c.; and many Historical Facts never before published.
_Carefully taken from her own words, Nov._ 29th, 1823.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

An APPENDIX, containing an account of the tragedy at the Devil's Hole, in
1783, and of Sullivan's Expedition; the Traditions, Manners, Customs, &c.
of the Indians, as believed and practised at the present day, and since
Mrs. Jemison's captivity; together with some Anecdotes, and other
entertaining matter.

BY JAMES E. SEAVER.



PREFACE.


That to biographical writings we are indebted for the greatest and best
field in which to study mankind, or human nature, is a fact duly