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2 unusual facts about Susannah Willard Johnson


Susannah Willard Johnson

After arriving at St. Francis on September 19, with a full three weeks of journey behind them, the captives, whose faces had been decorated in vermilion paint, were forced to run the gauntlet past a parade of Abenaki warriors armed with tomahawks, war clubs, and knives.

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The first edition of her narrative was composed by John Curtis Chamberlain (using information from Johnson's oral testimony and notes) and appeared in small circulation later that year; subsequent editions were revised and edited by Johnson and published in 1807, and posthumously in 1814.



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