Follow The River: Thom Versus Original Account
Beginning of paper
Follow the River, written by James Alexander Thom, was based on the
capture of Mary Draper Ingles by a group of Shawnee Indians and the escape
that followed her captivity. It was a somewhat accurate account of the
events that may have happened during her long journey to and from the
Shawnee villa ....
Middle of paper
.... I found
that Thom's version of the event is similar in many ways to the actual
account. Thom was very accurate in his description of the actual massacre
that occurred at Draper's Meadow. In the account written by John Ingles,
Sr., he names the people that were either taken captive of killed by the
Indians. He writes that his mother and her two children, Thomas and George,
his Aunt Draper, and Henry Leonard were taken prisoner by the Shawnees.
John Ingles also states in his narrative that ....
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