Indian Captive by Lois Lenski6/19/2023 Unbeknownst to her until later in her life, the remainder of her family is killed, and their home is burned down. Because there are too many people to keep as prisoners and to easily run from the attempted rescue by the pioneer community, only Molly and the neighbor boy, Davy Wheelock, are actually taken captive. Although John and Tom escape, the neighbors and the rest of her family are taken captive by the Seneca warriors. Just before it is time to plant corn for the year, the Jemison family and some close neighbors are attacked by Indians. She lives in Marsh Creek Hollow, Pennsylvania, with her parents, Thomas and Jane, as well as her older brothers, John and Tom, her older sister, Betsy, and two younger brothers, Matthew and Robert. Mary Jemison, called by her nickname Molly, is a young girl of 12 in this novel. The custom of their tribe says that in the event of the death of a tribe member at the hands of an enemy, the tribe shall capture a replacement from the enemy’s community who will live with the Seneca people as one of their own. She is forced to live with the Seneca people. The novel, Indian Captive, begins when Mary Jemison is taken prisoner by attacking warriors from the Seneca tribe of the Iroquois Indians.
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