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A chapter in the life of one of the pioneers of the Reserve between 1880 and 1899?
A chapter in the life of one of the pioneers of the Reserve between 1880 and 1899?
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Open book A chapter in the life of one of the pioneers of the Reserve between 1880 and 1899?

Title A chapter in the life of one of the pioneers of the Reserve between 1880 and 1899? 
Creator Slocum, Mary Cordelia, b. 1846
Date 1880-1899 
Place Indiana--Converse, Indiana--Wabash County, Pennsylvania--Wilkes-Barre, Indiana--Peru
Language English
Subjects Indian captivities, Miami Indians, Women pioneers, Pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life
Summary Ms. account by Mary Cordelia Slocum, probably written during the late 1800s, possibly in Converse, Indiana, of her early life in Peru, Indiana, where she and her family settled in 1846, when she was nine months old. Mary was the grand-niece of Frances Slocum, who, as a five year-old white girl in 1778, had been taken from her home in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania by Delaware Indians.  Frances and her brother Isaac (Mary's grandfather) were re-united in 1837, and in 1846, Isaac's son, the Rev. George Remington Slocum (Mary's father), moved his family from Rochester, NY to Peru, Indiana to be near Frances who lived in "Deaf Man's Village" on the Wabash River, where she had gone to live years ago with her husband, Deaf Man, a Miami Indian.  Rev. Slocum introduced Christianity to the Miamis there, established a Sunday School, and was able to convince some of the merits of baptism and temperance.  Mary's account contains details of her family's history, their pioneer existence in Indiana, and her Indian relatives, including Frances' sons-in-law "Captain" Jean-Baptiste Brouillette and Peter Bondy. 
Extent [21] leaves ; 27 cm 
Format Sources, Manuscripts, Genealogies
Link to Catalog View record
Call Number VAULT folio Graff 5464 
BibID 991794958805867
Rights Status No Copyright - United States
Contributing Institution Newberry Library
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Size 2481px × 3222px     22.89 MB 
File Created 07/31/2012 
Filename 991794958805867_GR_5464_0024.tif 
Unique Identifier NL1V6YQ 
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