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- catalog abstract ""On a brilliant spring morning in May 1782, nine-year-old Jonathan Alder and his older brother David set out to find a mare that had wandered from their isolated cabin in southwest Virginia and into the rugged mountains and dense forests of the surrounding countryside. Later in the day, the boys found their horse, but as they struggled to lead the reluctant animal home, they were attacked by a party of Indians from Ohio. David was killed and Jonathan taken prisoner. His captors brought Alder back to Ohio, where he was adopted by a Mingo warrior and his Shawnee wife. Here he spent the next thirteen years. During that time, Alder lived fully as an Indian. He learned their language and observed their customs. He hunted, traded, and fought at their side. In 1795, after the death of his adoptive parents, Alder left the Indians and eventually settled in Pleasant Valley, near present-day Plain City in central Ohio. At the urging of an acquaintance, he traveled to Virginia in 1805, where he had the extraordinary good fortune to find his mother and remaining siblings still living in the neighborhood where he had been captured as a youth. After his reunion, he married a woman from Virginia, returned to Pleasant Valley, and became something of a local celebrity as a result of his childhood adventures. In the late 1830s or early 1840s, probably at the insistence of his family and friends, Alder composed his memoirs, in which he recounted his life with the Ohio Indians and his experiences as one of the area's earliest pioneers."--Jacket.".
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- catalog contributor b12440961.
- catalog contributor b12440962.
- catalog contributor b12440963.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""On a brilliant spring morning in May 1782, nine-year-old Jonathan Alder and his older brother David set out to find a mare that had wandered from their isolated cabin in southwest Virginia and into the rugged mountains and dense forests of the surrounding countryside. Later in the day, the boys found their horse, but as they struggled to lead the reluctant animal home, they were attacked by a party of Indians from Ohio. David was killed and Jonathan taken prisoner. His captors brought Alder back to Ohio, where he was adopted by a Mingo warrior and his Shawnee wife. Here he spent the next thirteen years. During that time, Alder lived fully as an Indian. He learned their language and observed their customs. He hunted, traded, and fought at their side.".
- catalog description "A History of Jonathan Alder: His Captivity and Life with the Indians.".
- catalog description "In 1795, after the death of his adoptive parents, Alder left the Indians and eventually settled in Pleasant Valley, near present-day Plain City in central Ohio. At the urging of an acquaintance, he traveled to Virginia in 1805, where he had the extraordinary good fortune to find his mother and remaining siblings still living in the neighborhood where he had been captured as a youth. After his reunion, he married a woman from Virginia, returned to Pleasant Valley, and became something of a local celebrity as a result of his childhood adventures.".
- catalog description "In the late 1830s or early 1840s, probably at the insistence of his family and friends, Alder composed his memoirs, in which he recounted his life with the Ohio Indians and his experiences as one of the area's earliest pioneers."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-215) and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 222 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "History of Jonathan Alder.".
- catalog identifier "1884836801 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "History of Jonathan Alder.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Akron, OH : University of Akron Press,".
- catalog relation "History of Jonathan Alder.".
- catalog spatial "Ohio.".
- catalog subject "974.004/973 21".
- catalog subject "Alder, Jonathan, 1773-".
- catalog subject "E99.S35 A45 2002".
- catalog subject "Frontier and pioneer life Ohio.".
- catalog subject "Indian captivities Ohio.".
- catalog subject "Mingo Indians Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "Shawnee Indians Social life and customs.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A History of Jonathan Alder: His Captivity and Life with the Indians.".
- catalog title "A history of Jonathan Alder : his captivity and life with the Indians / by Henry Clay Alder ; transcribed and with a foreword by Doyle H. Davison ; compiled, annotated, edited, and with an introduction by Larry L. Nelson.".
- catalog type "text".