A woman of courage on the West Virginia frontier
Subtitle: Phebe Tucker Cunningham
By: Robert Thompson
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Charleston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781609499228
Subjects: Wyandot Indians; Indians of North America; Captivity, 1785-1788; Frontier and pioneer life; Indian captivities; Women; Biography; History
Other titles: Phebe Tucker Cunningham
Description: The story of Phebe Tucker Cunningham, who lost her four children to the Wyanot tribe in the late eighteenth century in West Virgina and was held captive for three years until her eventual rescue by Simon Girty and Alexander McKee.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (145-156) and index.
Table of contents: title: Settlers on the Allegheny Plateau. The wilderness ; The politics of empire ; The early settlers of Northwest Virginia ; Life on the Allegheny frontier; title: The Native Americans. A clash of cultures ; Warriors, tactics and morality ; Anglo-American-Indian relations and the Allegheny Plateau : germs, treaties and lies; title: The raid. Fear ; Forting up ; Terror and tragedy ; The Wyandot come to Cunningham's Run; title: A new world. The journey ; The Wyandot ; Village life; title: Two traitors : Simon Girty and Alexander McKee. Excitement in the village : Simon Girty arrives ; Girty and McKee; title: Homeward bound. A plea and a ransom ; Kentucky, the wilderness road and home.