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124 HISTORY OF as I received it from herself. Slie stated, that herself, her husband and two children, were captured at the massacre of Wyoming, by Butler's Indians and tories, and brought to the Genesee country, then entirely inhabited by the natives. There she had been parted from her husband, the Indians carrying him she knew not whither, but to some other and distant tribe. She had not been long in the possession of the tribe with whom she had been left, after her husband was taken from her, when the Indian who had taken her prisoner addressed h^r, and was desirous of making her his wife; but she repulsed him, saying very imprudently, ^ she had one hus- band, and it would be unlawful to have more than one.^ This seemed to satisfy him, and she saw him no more for a long time; but after awhile he came again and renewed his suit, alleging that now there was no objection to her marrying him, as her husband was dead ; ' for,' said the Indian, ^ I found where he was, and have killed him.' ^ I then told him that if he had killed my husband, he might kill me also, for I would not marry a murderer. When he saw I was resolute, he took and tied me, and brought me to this place and sold me for eight dollars. But where my husband is buried, or whether he is buried at all, or where my children are, I cannot tell •/ but whether she even returned to the States again, is beyond my knowledge. From this place, after being sold to the British garrison for eight dollars a head, we were sent across the lake to Carlton Island ; from this place down to the Cedars : from the Cedars we were transported from place to place, till at length we were permanently lodged in the prison at Chambleg. Here we were put in irons, and remained two years, suffering every thing but death, for want of clothes, food, fire, medicine, exer- cise, and pure air. At length, from the weight and inconve- nience of my irons, I became so weak that I could not rise