Phebe Tucker Cunningham: A Daily Struggle For Survival In West Virginia

A verifiable record of the creator's far-off grandma's encounters in late eighteenth-century Virginia, including her Indian bondage and delivery. He tells the frightening story of Phebe Tucker Cunningham, from her marriage at Prickett's Fort to her re-visitation of the shores of the Monongahela. Life on the West Virginia outskirts was an everyday battle for endurance, and for Phebe Tucker Cunningham, that implied the deficiency of her four youngsters because of the Wyandot clan and being held hostage for a considerable length of time until unbelievable rebels Simon Girty and Alexander McKee organized her opportunity. Thompson depicts in clear detail early pioneer life in the Alleghenies and the methods of the Wyandot, giving a verifiable setting to this extraordinary adventure.