1. Mary Jemison became fully assimilated, marrying a Delaware, and, after his death, a Seneca man.
13 Facts About Mary Jemison
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Mary Jemison chose to remain a Seneca rather than return to American colonial culture.
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Mary Jemison told her story late in life to an American minister, who wrote it for her.
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Mary Jemison published it as Narrative of the Life of Mrs Mary Jemison.
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Mary Jemison was born to Thomas and Jane Jemison aboard the ship William and Mary in the fall of 1743, while en route from British Ireland to America.
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Mary Jemison later learned that it was a Seneca custom, when one of their own was killed or taken prisoner in battle, to take an enemy as prisoner or to take their scalp in a mourning ritual.
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Once the party reached Fort Duquesne, Mary Jemison was given to the two Seneca women, who took her downriver to their settlement.
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When she came of age, Mary Jemison married a Delaware man named Sheninjee, who was living with the band.
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Mary Jemison married again, to a Seneca named Hiokatoo, and together they had seven children: Nancy, Polly, Betsey, Jane, John, Thomas, and Jesse.
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Mary Jemison killed his brother Thomas in 1811, then killed his brother Jesse in 1812, and was later killed.
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At that time, during negotiations with the Holland Land Company held at Geneseo, New York, Mary Jemison proved to be an able negotiator for the Seneca tribe.
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Mary Jemison helped win more favorable terms for surrendering their rights to the land at the Treaty of Big Tree.
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Mary Jemison was initially buried on the Buffalo Creek Reservation.