Naskapi: The Savage Hunters of the Labrador Peninsula: 10 (The Civilization of the American Indian Series) - Softcover

Frank G. Speck (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806114185 ISBN 13: 9780806114187

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 1977

Synopsis

Mary Jemison was one of the most famous white captives who, after being captured by Indians, chose to stay and live among her captors. In the midst of the Seven Years War(1758), at about age fifteen, Jemison was taken from her western Pennsylvania home by a Shawnee and French raiding party. Her family was killed, but Mary was traded to two Seneca sisters who adopted her to replace a slain brother. She lived to survive two Indian husbands, the births of eight children, the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the canal era in upstate New York. In 1833 she died at about age ninety.

About this title

About the Author

The late Frank G. Speck, a distinguished American ethnographer, was associated with the University of Pennsylvania throughout his academic life. Leonard Broom has conducted research chiefly on ethnic and racial minorities and no social mobility and stratification. He is Professor Emeritus in the Institute of Advanced Studies of the Australian National University, Canberra, and Research Associate in Sociology in the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806114185
• ISBN 13: 9780806114187
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272