Mary Jemison the White Woman of the Genesee
A 1929 essay recounts Mary Jemison born at sea, captured in 1758 by Indians at age twelve, living among the Senecas and marrying chiefs. It traces her family origins, migration from Tyrland, and movements to Marsh Creek and Frankstown area in Pennsylvania frontier history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jemison
Genesee
Thomas
Jane Jemison
Tyeland
Mary
America
Thomas Jemison
Tennsyvania
Marsh Creek
Frank Hy
Adams County
Sharps Run
Coneway
Spring Fever Note and Quips on Society
A fragmented note scribbles about spring fever rubber heels and flooded rivers both linked to spring water. The passage mocks cigarette ads with pleased men and hints at social rules for women. It ends with a critique of gossip and talking about others in life.
Indian raid on Jemison farm captures family and neighbors
A party of six Indians and four Frenchmen attacked the Jemison home near Creek as Mary Jemison and kin were taken prisoner. The raiders seized food and valuables, killed a man guarding a horse, and forced captives to march in a single file without sustenance or shelter. Brothers fled to Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jennings
Jemison
Robert
Mathew
Betsey
Mary
Virginia
Teaching corps for Saltsburg elected for school
The following teachers have been elected for the school of Saltaburg: First Grade Miss Fern McQuade, Third Grade Mrs. W. E. Martin, Sixth Grade Miss Anna Watkinson, Seventh Grade QO. W. Beach, Eighth Grade Harry Houtz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoole of
Saltaburg
Fern McQuade
W. E. Martin
Anna Watkinson
QO. W. Beach
Harry Houtz
Indian captive Mary Dickewamis narrative of Ohio voyage
An Ohio story recounts Mary and companions seized by Indians during a frontier raid. Mary shares brutal details of capture, the murder of other captives, survival through a march along the river, and the night spent in the woods. She describes her adoption by Shawnee squaws and the transfer to a French protector, with her new name Dickewamis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Bus Transportation Expands Rapidly in United States
The motor bus becomes a permanent transport factor with 29 states enacting common carriage regulations and six states passing new laws during a period of rapid growth. By 1923 reports show new lines, extended routes, and fleets increasing while more than 40 000 buses are operated nationwide. Electric railways gain as buses serve as feeders and auxiliary traffic, with over 100 electric lines owning about 1 000 buses, including 600 Whites. Modernization continues with the White Model 60 4 deluxe coach equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mary’s capture and return during Fort Pitt peace talks
A fragment recounts a girl taken during a period of conflict after Fort Pitt’s capture. She learns the Indian tongue to communicate, then travels with tribes to the fort as corn harvest ends and peaceful talks begin. The text ends with her being taken along.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Pitt
Mary
Mary Jemison Life in the Genesee Country Chronicle
The piece recounts Mary Jemison’s life from her capture and adoption by Delaware people to her marriages. It details her endurance traveling to Genesee country, the death of her first husband, then a second marriage to Hiokatoo. It notes her later years on valuable land in German Flats and feuds among her sons ending in the deaths of Thomas and Jesse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shemnyjee
Mary
Thomas Jemison
Genesee
Hickatoo
Gordon
Mary Jemison
German Flats, N. Y., and Upon the Death of Hiokatoo
John
Thomas
Jesse
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Pennsylvania
We Jemison
White “Wontath
PY Prederic A. Godcharles
Swifts
Arizona
RITZ
le Comte &Flesher
Barbara Bronell
L Cons de Ballet
Chas. George Composer
Mabel
Foxen and
Loggia
Saltsburg
the “Life of
Coats
Thompson Chiropractors House
Mdde
Palmer
Wrigley’s
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