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The Escape and Loss in the Indian Captivity Tale
Rev Samuel Brown recounts an Indian captivity tale detailing a mother carrying an infant who collapses near the Ohio river. One captive uses a sharpened pole to kill the child, others mourn at encampments as leaves from a New Testament burn. Mrs Gilmore and her son John are separated and eventually reunited, while many captives are lost or returned. John Dillmore's line continues on the family homestead as Mary Hamilton recalls her child’s bones.
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Ohio River
Gimore
John
Ft. Pitt
Jackson’s River
Jacob Warwick
Win. C.dillmore
Mary Hamilton
Accion