Indian Captive Timeline (Molly Jemison)

  • Molly gets captured by Indians

    Molly gets captured by the Indians. She gets captured from her home in Marsh Creek Hollow, Pennsylvania.
  • Molly splits from her family

    Molly has to split from her family, along with her "afeard" neighbor, Davy Wheelock.
  • They Arrive at Fort Duquesne.

    Um, I think the title explains it all.
  • Molly gets bargained

    Molly gets traded to another family of Indians living in the Senecas. She gets traded at Fort Duquesne. Their names are Shining Star and Red Bird.
  • They leave the Fort Duquesne

    The title explains it.
  • She arrives at the Seneca Village

    She arrives at the Seneca Village and starts picking corn. They had to FIGHT long and hard for that corn!!
  • She Meets Little Turtle

    Every time Molly runs away, depressed, into the woods, she meets a boy named Little Turtle who likes to practice archery on little turtles! That is where he got his nickname!
  • Molly meets Little Turtle's grand father

    She meets Old Shagbark and finds out that he is Little Turtle's grandfather.
  • Molly gets Questioned by a British Soldier

    A British soldier asks if she wants her live with him so she could be with white people, and she tells him no. She has grown a bond with the Indian Senecas, so, she cannot leave now!