In 1989 I was given a copy of this story, which was compiled in Alliance, OH in 1965, by Orley E. Brown (who passed away in 1986), and other descendants, from several manuscripts and accounts of Jonathan's story.
Sources are:
by Henry Howe, "Historical Collections" of New York (1841),of New Jersey
(1843), of Virginia (1845), and of Ohio (1847).
"The History of Madison County", 1883 by W.H. Beers and Co. of Chicago.
"The Shawnees and the Capture of Jonathan Alder" by Geo. W. Hill M.D.
(an Ashland (Ohio) Press serial story which appeared starting with the issue of
Jan. 26, 1882 and apearing in consecutive issues of that four-page weekly
through April 6, 1882.)
"The Captivity of Jonathan Alder and his life with the Indians" as dictated by
him and transcribed by his son Henry.
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