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Bookmark or Share- Lenape tribe abducts Mary Campbell from western Pennsylvania - HISTORYOn May 21, 1758, Mary Campbell, believed to be ten years old, is abducted from her home in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania by members of the Lenape tribe; she becomes an icon of the French and...
- Mary Campbell and the Lenape Indians - Cuyahoga Falls HistoryThe rock shelter where Mary Campbell and the Lenapes wintered in 1758 can still be found in Cuyahoga Falls along a hiking trail in Gorge Metro Park. For many years, it was known as Old Maid’s Kitchen, until the Daughters of the American Revolution renamed it Mary Campbell Cave.
- Mary Campbell, Robert Burns's 'Highland lassie'Most people have heard of Robert Burns, his poetry, songs, and shenanigans with the ladies. Yet while Jean Armour is remembered as the wife and mother of his children, it is his ‘highland lassie’, Mary Campbell, who inspired some of Burns’ most heartfelt verse.
- Archeologists dig for history of Mary Campbell Cave in Summit County's ...In a dig from July 29 through Aug. 2, a crew of two archeologists and several volunteers explored 7.5 square meters of the floor of what’s known both as Mary Campbell Cave and Old Maid’s Kitchen.
- Native History: White Child Abducted by Delaware Embraced Native Life ...This Date in Native History: On May 21, 1758, Delaware Indians kidnapped a child named Mary Campbell from her home in western Pennsylvania and held her captive during the French and Indian War. By some accounts, Campbell was 10 at the time of her abduction, while other sources claim she was 12.
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