Teenage girls captured by Indians
07/14/1776 AD captured
Three teenage girls from Boonesborough are captured by indians from their canoe on the Kentucky River.
They were Jemima, daughter of Daniel Boone, and Elizabeth and Frances, daughters of Colonel Richard Callaway.
The Cherokee Hanging Maw led the raiders, two Cherokee and three Shawnee warriors. The girls' capture raised alarm and Boone organized a rescue party.
Meanwhile, the captors hurried the girls north toward the Shawnee towns across the Ohio River. The girls attempted to mark their trail until threatened by the Indians.
Boonesborough, KY
Lattitude: 37.9083° N
Longitude: 84.2719° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Lattitude: 37.9083° N
Longitude: 84.2719° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Objects To Whom or What was captured?
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Jemima Boone Callaway Daughter of Daniel Boone...
Attachments
Traditional site of the capture of Jemima Boone and the Callaway girls Designated by the four sycamores on the right shore
Events in 1776 MORE
