she was capable of recollecting and reciting the scenes through which she
had passed, to collect from herself, and to publish to an accurate account
of her life.

I was employed to collect the materials, and prepare the work for the
press; and accordingly went to the house of Mrs. Jennet Whaley in the town
of Castile, Genesee co. N.Y. in company with the publisher, who procured
the interesting subject of the following narrative, to come to that place
(a distance of four miles) and there repeat the story of her eventful
life. She came on foot in company with Mr. Thomas Clute, whom she
considers her protector, and tarried almost three days, which time was
busily occupied in taking a sketch of her narrative as she recited it.

Her appearance was well calculated to excite a great degree of sympathy in
a stranger, who had been partially informed of her origin, when comparing
her present situation with what it probably would have been, had she been
permitted to have remained with her friends, and to have enjoyed the
blessings of civilization.

In stature she is very short, and considerably under the middle size, and
stands tolerably erect, with her head bent forward, apparently from her
having for a long time been accustomed to carrying heavy burdens in a
strap placed across her forehead. Her complexion is very white for a woman
of her age, and although the wrinkles of fourscore years are deeply
indented in her cheeks, yet the crimson of youth is distinctly visible.
Her eyes are light blue, a little faded by age, and naturally brilliant
and sparkling. Her sight is quite dim, though she is able to perform her
necessary labor without the assistance of glasses. Her cheek bones are
high, and rather prominent, and her front teeth, in the lower jaw, are
sound and good. When she looks up and is engaged in conversation her