Wow, your videos are all so beautifully presented, and what a fascinating story! It was quite common for Native Americans to abduct women and children and bring them into the tribe, to increase their own numbers. That's why so many of us are of mixed heritage. I think the saddest part of this story is that Mary was forced back into her old life, which she was no longer used to. Having been abducted and brought to a different country against my will myself, I know what sort of a major shock this is but if someone now tried to force me to go back to my "old " life - it would be impossible. Saying that though, far more time has passed since my abduction - nearly 27 years. I'm glad that it did all work out for Mary though and that she found a husband and had children. That's something I never found. We live in strange times though. Nowadays, so many people are abusive, selfish, two-faced and dishonest. I could never settle just for the sake of getting married. If there's no trust - it's not worth it. And I've never found anyone that was trustworthy. Sign of the times... Hope you guys are keeping well, what a beautiful area this is where this cave is, absolutely beautiful!
This was incredible. Thank you! And I love that your daughter helped with the explanation. She did great! I'm curious, 5:18... is that the original picture? I can't imagine it is. I think a night time visit to that area would be 👻.
Wow what a incredible story. So much history we wouldn't know of, so many tales left to the past, without you and many others sharing this, we'd never would have known. It is also a beautiful site there, seeing the cave and area. Thank u for sharing and your time doing this. Hey from South Carolina.
Unaliving? I took the time to research the use, I think I understand. It's to avoid censorship by certain Social Media that may occur if the more explicit descriptive term is used. Strange world we live in, increasing violent movies and Music and increasingly censored Independent Content. Love your shows, keep up the great work.
Yep it’s hard to find the right words sometimes for the RUclips police to accept. Yet there are some videos that make you wonder how they are still available. Weird times indeed.
This reminds me of one of my favorite nonfiction books, Follow the River. It details the capture of Mary Ingles by the Shawnee Indians. Mary eventually escaped and returned to her family. The author is James Alexander Thom and it’s a great read.
This was quite interesting! I am a descendant of Lydia Longly of Groton MA. A very similar story of Indian attack and kidnapping of some children. Thanks for the research on this one!
You left out Mary Campbell's Kitchen. To the left of the main cave is an upper enclosed room in the rock. It is sealed off now due to teenagers going up in it, and needing assistance to get out.
That was a great history lesson. To me, it's sad because she was taken from her family only to become a member of a new family and then, once again, having to start all over again. I don't know if she had a choice or not about leaving the Delaware, but I think she should have. I would feel better if I knew she had wanted to return to her bio family. Thanks for a great video! You and your pretty red haired daughter both do excellent jobs of telling the stories!!
That's the most I learned on the subject! I lived in Cuyahoga Falls and traveled those trails many times in my teenage and early adult years. Is Curious History based in OH? You should do a video on the Doodlebug train wreck that happened in that vicinity many years ago.
Very interesting story and sad at the same time I remember hearing about this story in 5th. Social studies in Cleveland years ago maybe 10or so LOL thank you for bringing it to us and a job done well Hey Happy Father's day to ya John
Gosh what an incredible story! To be taken from your biological family and then bought up in a completely different culture and family, at age 12, and to learn their ways and culture, then seven years later returned to your biological family and culture, and to actually thrive, this is amazing! What strength May must have had! What amazing things she must have learned long the way. Fantastic story! Many thanks!
Im not from Ohio. But I live here. My father was from Ohio. I live in a little town called Circleville. The reason why it got its name was because of the ancient Indian earthworks that the town was built over. A little farther south is a town called Chillicothe. Where more Mounds and earthworks are found. I never knew the history of Ohio. Very interesting. Im very curious about all of Indian the earthworks and mounds now. Newark , Mound City , Hopeton , High Bank , Seip just to name a few. You guys should look into it. I love the old cemeteries and graveyards around here also.
We are working our way to southern Ohio Thomas. Will definitely look into the mounds there. There’s a burial mound in Kent Ohio as well. We did a video on it last year.
@@CuriousHistoryYT It has intrigued me over the past year. A friend and I are trying to go to all of them. Thank you for your response. Wasn't expecting that. I enjoy your show. Keep em coming.
Mary being a redhead makes me wonder if they thought she held mythical powers. Curious to hear what your thoughts and opinions are on this matter. Thank you new sub 💕
this story sounds very similar to Francis Slocum's story ..there's a book called (the lost sister) of her.. kidnapped from the same area by the same tribe around the same time
I do injoy the history i live near this sight haven't seen it for over 20 years nice memorys i feel bad for Mary to have live the horrors being that young but i bet she was use to their ways and yes loved someone if not already a wife that girl decided to go on and have a family RIP Mary
"Un-alived" huh??? That's a new one for me...I thought it was just called being killed or murdered...not being "un-alived"??? By the way, I love historical stories like these. This one caught my attention because my great great grandmother was a Mary Campbell also!
Awesome! Thanks for watching Lindy! Yep the un-alived term is our way to get past the RUclips police who sometimes let you say killed and sometimes they don’t.
Yep. I understand George. We used that term because of the heat RUclips put on us for content they deem inappropriate. It’s a fine line you have to walk when you create content on this platform. No hard feelings tho. Sad to see you go but if my content isn’t for you then so be it.
Reminds me of the Mary Draper story "Follow the River" which my mother and I saw the outdoor drama years ago. I imagine Mary was a supporter of the natives after living with them and realizing and telling others simply calling them "savages" didn't comply with what they really were. Imagine being invaded like they were and having your lands/rights/family stripped away. Think of the opening scene from Gladiator Quintus: People should know when they are conquered. Maximus: Would you, Quintus? Would I?
I can’t imagine the trauma of being ripped away from everything and everyone you know and love, not just once, but twice. Was she returned to her biological family? Did she even remember who she was for the first twelve years of her life? To be able to still thrive after all those ordeals speaks volumes about Mary and her strength. Thank you for sharing her story.
I'm wondering if Mary ever got reunited with her biological family. Since she was away from home when she got abducted, did her family survive, or did they all get killed off, too? If they lived, did she get to see any of them again? I'm glad that things turned out OK for her, even though living among white people once more, after living among the Natives, was no doubt a huge adjustment for a while!
@@CuriousHistoryYT I'm glad to hear that. I can't imagine what her family must have gone through, not knowing where she was, or what was happening to her for so many years!
Oh my goodness!? Censorship is apparently alive and well. Sad. I'd like to unalive it. 😂 Sometimes it gets a little rediculous. But you all did a great job of research and presenting as usual. Thanx
@@CuriousHistoryYT ok, but there's thousands of people who use the word 'kill' and there's no issues with them. Why would it be an issue with your channel? Doesn't make any sense.
Yeah RUclips is anything but consistent with how they enforce their policies. I’ve been burned by this before. If you notice, after Megan used the unaliving tern I actually say kill. This was purposeful. We are testing the waters to see if they’ve changed their tune about our words. Like I said they are very inconsistent
Loving this music. ^_^ I think it's a nice tale that she was treated so wonderfully in the tribe, and it seems like they took really good care of her. Sad that the other 2 kids got killed, however at that time in history there was usually a 50/50 shot of those lil kids growing into their teens with how much work they had to do when they could walk as well as diets. I also feel like she woulda been treated better in the tribe then in the western society at that time in history. I woulda liked to of known if she had any regrets about being back in western society or her perspective of the differences.
😂 That's Rich! Your fantasy filled story about Mary Campbell is like trying to put a woke excuse on yesterday's historical events. (UNALIVING) ,is a despicable adjative that discredits the hideous act of murder that was certainly carried out in a most brutal manner. This story was told to me by my grandparents in the 70s,and it was not one of drama,but human depravity.
My name is Brian Lander and Mary Caroline Campbell was my 5th great grandmother. A book was written by Lynda Durrant, The Beaded Moccasins, which tells the story of Mary Campbell's abduction by Lenape tribe and her release several years later in 1764. Mary herself was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and her parents were Scottish immigrants. After her reunion with her biological family, she met and married Joseph Wilford, an English man, in 1771 and had several children. She passed away February 16, 1801 in Greene County, Pennsylvania. I have been to the Mary Campbell Cave several times as I live about 50 miles away. She was the first Caucasian woman in the Ohio Territory. Hers was quite an interesting story!
Wow, your videos are all so beautifully presented, and what a fascinating story!
It was quite common for Native Americans to abduct women and children and bring them into the tribe, to increase their own numbers. That's why so many of us are of mixed heritage. I think the saddest part of this story is that Mary was forced back into her old life, which she was no longer used to.
Having been abducted and brought to a different country against my will myself, I know what sort of a major shock this is but if someone now tried to force me to go back to my "old " life - it would be impossible. Saying that though, far more time has passed since my abduction - nearly 27 years.
I'm glad that it did all work out for Mary though and that she found a husband and had children. That's something I never found. We live in strange times though. Nowadays, so many people are abusive, selfish, two-faced and dishonest. I could never settle just for the sake of getting married. If there's no trust - it's not worth it. And I've never found anyone that was trustworthy. Sign of the times...
Hope you guys are keeping well, what a beautiful area this is where this cave is, absolutely beautiful!
So sorry to hear this LittleKitty. Thank you for sharing this. ❤️
What country were you abducted from?
Y'all are awesome! Thank you for taking us with you again 😊
Thanks for coming along!
This was incredible. Thank you! And I love that your daughter helped with the explanation. She did great! I'm curious, 5:18... is that the original picture? I can't imagine it is. I think a night time visit to that area would be 👻.
Night time visit would be awesome for sure!
Wow what a incredible story. So much history we wouldn't know of, so many tales left to the past, without you and many others sharing this, we'd never would have known. It is also a beautiful site there, seeing the cave and area. Thank u for sharing and your time doing this. Hey from South Carolina.
Thank you so much for watching Lisa! 😊😊😊
Great presentation of this story!!! Thanks, Curious History!!!
Thanks guys! Much appreciated!
Unaliving? I took the time to research the use, I think I understand. It's to avoid censorship by certain Social Media that may occur if the more explicit descriptive term is used. Strange world we live in, increasing violent movies and Music and increasingly censored Independent Content.
Love your shows, keep up the great work.
Yep it’s hard to find the right words sometimes for the RUclips police to accept. Yet there are some videos that make you wonder how they are still available. Weird times indeed.
This reminds me of one of my favorite nonfiction books, Follow the River. It details the capture of Mary Ingles by the Shawnee Indians. Mary eventually escaped and returned to her family. The author is James Alexander Thom and it’s a great read.
Look at you binge watching the channel Dawn! Thank you so much!
Another wonderful video.
Thank you❤ more please!!
Thank you Shirley. We are trying to get more made. Life keeps getting in the way though! 🤣🤣🤣
This was quite interesting! I am a descendant of Lydia Longly of Groton MA. A very similar story of Indian attack and kidnapping of some children. Thanks for the research on this one!
Thank you for watching Leslie! 😊
Nice job , guys. It’s good to see another video from you. ❤
Thank you Julie! 😊❤️
You left out Mary Campbell's Kitchen. To the left of the main cave is an upper enclosed room in the rock. It is sealed off now due to teenagers going up in it, and needing assistance to get out.
Great video and really interesting topic. I had never even heard of this happening. 👍
Thank you for watching! 😊
That was a great history lesson. To me, it's sad because she was taken from her family only to become a member of a new family and then, once again, having to start all over again. I don't know if she had a choice or not about leaving the Delaware, but I think she should have. I would feel better if I knew she had wanted to return to her bio family. Thanks for a great video! You and your pretty red haired daughter both do excellent jobs of telling the stories!!
That's the most I learned on the subject! I lived in Cuyahoga Falls and traveled those trails many times in my teenage and early adult years. Is Curious History based in OH? You should do a video on the Doodlebug train wreck that happened in that vicinity many years ago.
We did! Here’s a link!
ruclips.net/video/RqoPTdlU084/видео.htmlsi=zKZDMHX-tns32y9x
WOW! What a wonderful story and you told it so beautifully! That is a beautiful scenic place! Patricia Gambino Harrington
Thank you Patricia! 😊😊😊
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Great historical story told by two excellent story tellers .
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I’ve been there and it’s amazing how close and accessible these trails are.
Great videos. Thank you.
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Wow, the burdens the people of that time. All the older generations had to be some amazingly strong people. Thanks for the stories and well done!
Interesting...Ty. i really enjoy these.
Really enjoyed your video thanks
Very interesting story and sad at the same time I remember hearing about this story in 5th. Social studies in Cleveland years ago maybe 10or so LOL thank you for bringing it to us and a job done well Hey Happy Father's day to ya John
Thank you Thom!
Thanks for the upload but whats up with the weird pictures of girls especially that red haired one with the off center nose?
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Sad but an amazing part of history. Thank you.
Thank you Brian!
Gosh what an incredible story! To be taken from your biological family and then bought up in a completely different culture and family, at age 12, and to learn their ways and culture, then seven years later returned to your biological family and culture, and to actually thrive, this is amazing! What strength May must have had! What amazing things she must have learned long the way. Fantastic story! Many thanks!
Thank you Kiwi!
Thank you👍🏽👍🏽
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I absolutely love it! Because my mother is a Campbell woman. She was a ginger with blue eyes. And a rare blood type.
Thank you once again for your sensitive yet honest storytelling!
Thank you for watching Dolores! 😊
Could you talk more about mary campbell thank you
Im not from Ohio. But I live here. My father was from Ohio. I live in a little town called Circleville. The reason why it got its name was because of the ancient Indian earthworks that the town was built over. A little farther south is a town called Chillicothe. Where more Mounds and earthworks are found. I never knew the history of Ohio. Very interesting. Im very curious about all of Indian the earthworks and mounds now. Newark , Mound City , Hopeton , High Bank , Seip just to name a few. You guys should look into it. I love the old cemeteries and graveyards around here also.
We are working our way to southern Ohio Thomas. Will definitely look into the mounds there.
There’s a burial mound in Kent Ohio as well. We did a video on it last year.
@@CuriousHistoryYT It has intrigued me over the past year. A friend and I are trying to go to all of them. Thank you for your response. Wasn't expecting that. I enjoy your show. Keep em coming.
My pleasure Thomas. Sounds like you have a great deal planned! Should be fun. Stop by again sometime and let us know how it’s going if you can!
Its sad for obvious reasons but im glad she found a husband and had kids. Great job Fam. ❤
Thank you Liz! 😊
Mary being a redhead makes me wonder if they thought she held mythical powers. Curious to hear what your thoughts and opinions are on this matter. Thank you new sub 💕
Thank you for subscribing! Welcome to the community! 😊❤️
@@CuriousHistoryYT thank you💕
I think it's sad because no one asked her what she wanted. She never got a choice. Not when she was 12 and not when she was 19.
So very true!
I think it’s sad we destroyed an entire culture native to America
Millions of marry cambels
With no choice from age 1-death
Thanks ❤
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I've been there many times; that is in an urban park that looks wilderness when you are in it! It will be better when the Gorge Dam is removed.
this story sounds very similar to Francis Slocum's story ..there's a book called (the lost sister) of her.. kidnapped from the same area by the same tribe around the same time
Yep. Very common occurrence. Thanks for watching!
Mary Campbell and Joseph Willford are my 5g-grandparents.
Awesome!
I do injoy the history i live near this sight haven't seen it for over 20 years nice memorys i feel bad for Mary to have live the horrors being that young but i bet she was use to their ways and yes loved someone if not already a wife that girl decided to go on and have a family RIP Mary
What a cool hideout!
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Well told
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"Un-alived" huh???
That's a new one for me...I thought it was just called being killed or murdered...not being
"un-alived"???
By the way, I love historical stories like these. This one caught my attention because my great great grandmother was a Mary Campbell also!
Awesome! Thanks for watching Lindy!
Yep the un-alived term is our way to get past the RUclips police who sometimes let you say killed and sometimes they don’t.
@@CuriousHistoryYT Oh yeah, got it! That explains it. 😊
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@@CuriousHistoryYT You would have been ahead to leave that part out or explain it in the beginning. I "un-subscribed" because you used a WOKE term!
Yep. I understand George.
We used that term because of the heat RUclips put on us for content they deem inappropriate.
It’s a fine line you have to walk when you create content on this platform.
No hard feelings tho. Sad to see you go but if my content isn’t for you then so be it.
Reminds me of the Mary Draper story "Follow the River" which my mother and I saw the outdoor drama years ago. I imagine Mary was a supporter of the natives after living with them and realizing and telling others simply calling them "savages" didn't comply with what they really were. Imagine being invaded like they were and having your lands/rights/family stripped away. Think of the opening scene from Gladiator Quintus: People should know when they are conquered. Maximus: Would you, Quintus? Would I?
Totally agree!
I can’t imagine the trauma of being ripped away from everything and everyone you know and love, not just once, but twice. Was she returned to her biological family? Did she even remember who she was for the first twelve years of her life? To be able to still thrive after all those ordeals speaks volumes about Mary and her strength. Thank you for sharing her story.
My pleasure. Thank you for watching Melissa! 😊
Yep
The murder of the two smaller children over shadows everything else it was inhumane and a tragic waste of their lives.
I m from Delaware, ever hear about the Delaware Praying Indians from Ohio?
I wonder if any of these Native Indians made it there? Very sad story.
Yep we made a video about them last year called The Moravian Massacre. Check it out!
@@CuriousHistoryYT I will Thanks 🙏
I wonder if Mary had a better understand of life an survival?
I would bet she did Cher!
the redheads of ohio are extremely talented and likeable and very famous and we love them
We love you right back! ❤️
I'm wondering if Mary ever got reunited with her biological family. Since she was away from home when she got abducted, did her family survive, or did they all get killed off, too? If they lived, did she get to see any of them again? I'm glad that things turned out OK for her, even though living among white people once more, after living among the Natives, was no doubt a huge adjustment for a while!
We have since learned that she did reunite with her biological family. They were strangers to her at first but soon she got her memories back!
@@CuriousHistoryYT I'm glad to hear that. I can't imagine what her family must have gone through, not knowing where she was, or what was happening to her for so many years!
Stewart and Campbell, good Scots!
Yep!
Oh my goodness!? Censorship is apparently alive and well. Sad. I'd like to unalive it. 😂 Sometimes it gets a little rediculous. But you all did a great job of research and presenting as usual. Thanx
Thank you Rick!
"un-alived"??? Is that some kind of PC speak for the word killing?
Nope it’s just a way to sneak past the RUclips censorship police.
@@CuriousHistoryYT ok, but there's thousands of people who use the word 'kill' and there's no issues with them. Why would it be an issue with your channel? Doesn't make any sense.
Yeah RUclips is anything but consistent with how they enforce their policies. I’ve been burned by this before.
If you notice, after Megan used the unaliving tern I actually say kill. This was purposeful. We are testing the waters to see if they’ve changed their tune about our words.
Like I said they are very inconsistent
Loving this music. ^_^ I think it's a nice tale that she was treated so wonderfully in the tribe, and it seems like they took really good care of her. Sad that the other 2 kids got killed, however at that time in history there was usually a 50/50 shot of those lil kids growing into their teens with how much work they had to do when they could walk as well as diets. I also feel like she woulda been treated better in the tribe then in the western society at that time in history. I woulda liked to of known if she had any regrets about being back in western society or her perspective of the differences.
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😂 That's Rich! Your fantasy filled story about Mary Campbell is like trying to put a woke excuse on yesterday's historical events.
(UNALIVING) ,is a despicable adjative that discredits the hideous act of murder that was certainly carried out in a most brutal manner. This story was told to me by my grandparents in the 70s,and it was not one of drama,but human depravity.
Well, seeing as you are on RUclips, youcan make your very own video on your very own channel, and show everyone how you think it should be done.
I can't add anything more to what others have said except Happy Fathers Day!
Thank you Kathleen! 😊
My name is Brian Lander and Mary Caroline Campbell was my 5th great grandmother. A book was written by Lynda Durrant, The Beaded Moccasins, which tells the story of Mary Campbell's abduction by Lenape tribe and her release several years later in 1764. Mary herself was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and her parents were Scottish immigrants. After her reunion with her biological family, she met and married Joseph Wilford, an English man, in 1771 and had several children. She passed away February 16, 1801 in Greene County, Pennsylvania. I have been to the Mary Campbell Cave several times as I live about 50 miles away. She was the first Caucasian woman in the Ohio Territory. Hers was quite an interesting story!
Thank you for sharing this Brian!!!