Just after the American Revolution, Shawnee Indians raiding along the Virginia frontier kidnapped a young girl named Mary Moore. Mary spent five years in captivity before ending up back home, where she grew up, married, and had children. As an adult she had persistent trouble sleeping, perhaps because of what she had endured as a [...]
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Two Virginia stories from small museums
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