This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
The Lost Sister of Wyoming’s Indian Encounter
A long narrative traces the fate of two white sisters taken by Indians near Wyoming Pennsylvania in 1775 Nine-year-old Frances and her five-year-old sister endured brutal capture and a decade and more of life among the Miami on the Mississinewa They ultimately reunite with their family decades later through a remarkable discovery and a tale of cultural divide The elder Frances dies in 1847 leaving a legacy of a white trapped woman living among Native Americans and a peaceful grave near the Mississinewa and Wabash confluence
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Nam
Philosophic Aquirer
John Slo
Wiksbart
Campbell's Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Grandiberjanu
Pheagai
Francis
G. W. Erwin
United States
Mississinewa
Ewing
Slocum
Susquehanna
Lascaster
Wiksbar
India
Oman
Assau
Frances
Tonagh
Miama
Ted