Frances Slocum- The Lost Sister of the Wyoming Valley *Part 2*

This is the story of Frances Slocum, a female icon of both the histories of Northeastern Pennsylvania (specifically the Wyoming Valley) as well as parts of Indiana. Frances was captured by a few members of the Deleware Indian tribe in September 1778 from her parents' home in Wilkes Barre, PA. She was around 5 years old at the time she was taken, and in the few days proceding her capture she and the few natives bunkered down for one night to rest in what is now known as Franses Slocum State Park in Wyoming, PA. As months turned to years, her family never gave up searching for Frances, and they finally found her nearly 60 years after her capture living in Peru, Indiana. She had married a member of the Miami Indian Tribe and refused to return to her white roots in Northeastern PA. She considered herself a Native American now, and was happy to remain with her Indian family until her death in 1847. A park is also dedicated to her in Indiana called the Frances Slocum State Recreational Area.

The audio and video footage in this video are my own and are as accurate as possible. The narration is in Frances Slocum's own words and the video was filmed at Frances Slocum State Park, Wyoming, PA, Frances Slocum's home and site of capture, Wilkes Barre, PA, and the Luzerne County Historical Society, Wilkes Barre, PA. I do not own the rights to the photographs in this presentation.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Frances
• Slocum;
• Indians;
• capture;
• Wyoming
• Valley;
• Pennsylvania;
• Indiana;
• Luzerne
• County;
• Native
• Americans;
• Wilkes-Barre;
• Lost
• Sister;
• Mocanaquah;
• Little
• Bear

[bigbander1940]

@wyominglost You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.

[wyominglost]

Thanks for posting this! Loved it!