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Slocums. During their visits the Slocum family confirmed that she was their lost sister from the information she provided, and especially after recognizing the disfigured forefinger on her left hand, which was the result of a childhood accident prior to her capture. The Slocum siblings tried to convince her to return with them to Pennsylvania, but she refused to leave her native family. Slocum explained that she preferred to remain with the Miami, and if she returned to her birthplace she would be "like a fish out of water." In September 1839 Joseph Slocum and two of his daughters, Hannah and Harriet, paid another visit to Deaf Man's Village. Slocum still refused to leave her Miami family, but she did agree to the Slocum family's request to have her portrait painted.
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Delaware parents, she brought him to their village, where he stayed at their home and regained his health. Frances eventually married him. The couple had four children: two sons, who died at a young age, and two daughters, Kekenakushwa (Cut Finger) and Ozahshinquah (Yellow Leaf), who both survived to adulthood. When Frances joined the Miami she took the name Maconaquah (Little Bear).
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Territory. Slocum received a land grant of 620 acres (one section) of land in Indiana. With congressional approval of her petition, Slocum and the members of her Miami village were able to continue living on their land in Indiana. They were among the 148 individuals who formed the nucleus of the present-day
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Slocum's story is one of an individual who was forcibly kidnapped and made to fully assimilate into the Native
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November 1838, three years after Slocum revealed her identity, provided some Miami families with individual land grants that would allow them to remain in Indiana. Among the recipients were Ozahshinquah and Kekenakushwa (Shepoconah's and Slocum's two daughters), who jointly received
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He estimated her height at about five feet tall. He also noted the deep lines on her face and her hair, "originally of a dark brown, was now frosted." Winter's journal also provides a description of her attire, which included a red calico shirt with yellow and green figures, a black cloth petticoat
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African American interpreter who was living at Deaf Man's village. Winter described his presence in the village: "I could but feel as by intuition, that my absence would be hailed as a joyous relief to the family." Winter
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Pennsylvania, who introduced the House resolution was sympathetic to her cause and stressed the importance of Slocum staying close to her white relatives, although she had met only a few of them. On March 3, 1845, Congress passed a joint resolution that exempted Slocum and twenty-one members of
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beliefs and friendly relations with the natives would protect them. However, on November 2, 1778, while Jonathan was away, three Delaware warriors attacked the Slocum family farm near Wilkes-Barre. Ruth and all but two of her children escaped into the nearby woods, but the Delaware captured
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showed her Miami family his sketch and later noted that Slocum "looked upon her likeness with complacency," Kekenakushwa, her oldest daughter, "eyed it approvingly, yet suspiciously," and her younger daughter, Ozahshinquah, refused to look, "as though something evil surrounded it."
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white relatives have been recorded. Little is known of her life among the Miami. Perhaps this is because she told so little of her life to whites. As a result, Slocum and the other inhabitants of Deaf Man's village are largely absent from the
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passed the joint resolution that exempted Slocum and twenty-one of her Miami relatives from removal to Kansas Territory. Her Miami relations in Indiana were among the 148 individuals who formed the nucleus of the present-day
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640 acres of land. This land allotment exempted them from removal to Kansas Territory. Slocum, who was living with her daughters and was recognized as the head of the family, was not named as a land grant recipient.
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trade, Slocum was thoroughly assimilated into the Miami culture and was a member of the Miami tribe. The inhabitants of the village, including Slocum, did not speak English and were not Christian. They practiced
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Frances Slocum was one of ten children born to Jonathan and Ruth (Tripp) Slocum. The exact date of Frances's birth is uncertain, but it is believed to have been March 4, 1773. The Slocum family, who were
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had been found and her story became famous. He charged $ 75 for the commissioned painting. The description of Slocum that Winter wrote in his journal closely fits his original sketch:
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surviving works and his detailed documentation are noted as reliable primary sources for historical studies of the Native American tribes of Indiana's Wabash Valley.
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bordered with red ribbon, faded red leggings with green ribbons, and a black silk shawl. She was barefoot and wore little jewelry, with the exception of earrings.
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2047:Kappler, Charles J. (1904).
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1849:Carmony, Donald F. (1998).
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967:George S. Cottman (1905).
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