Complex sentence: Following a battle in 1716 between the French and the Amerindians which took place one hundred miles west of Chicago in which her tribe was defeated, she and many children were sold as servants, and she ended up in Canada.
Split into simpler sentences: Following a battle in 1716 between the French and the Amerindians which took place one-hundred miles west of Chicago. After the defeat of her tribe she and many children were sold as servants, and she ended up in Canada.