On a spring day in 1758, a rumor of raiding Indians reached the Jemison farmhouse in eastern Pennsylvania. A few hours later, a band of warriors surrounded the house, burst into the kitchen, and carried the family away captive. Mary, the younger daughter, was taken over the Allegheny Mountains to southern Ohio and later to a Seneca Indian village on the Genesee River in what is now western New York. Though Mary had several thrilling "near escapes" and later could have returned to the settlements of white men, she remained with the Indians. As the "White Woman of the Genesee" she is famous today in American colonial history.

Indian Captive is an authentic reconstruction in fascinating story form of Mary Jemison's capture, flight, and early years with the Indians. Lois Lenski has brought her special gifts for research, for writing, and for vigorous drawing to this true American story of a white girl's life among the Indians. The many drawings are the first authentic illustrations portraying Seneca Indian life and make the work a valuable piece of Americana. 

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