Follow The River: Thom Versus Original Account

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by John Ingles,
Sr., he names the people that were either taken captive of killed by the
Indians. He writes that his mother and her two children, Thomas and George,
his Aunt Draper, and Henry Leonard were taken prisoner by the Shawnees.
John Ingles also states in his narrative that Colonel Patton, Casper Barger,
his Grandmother Draper and child were killed (8). In Follow the River,
Thom describes the same people either being killed or taken captive by the
Shawnee Indians.
Another similarity between the two accounts was the escape of
Mary's spouse William. In the original account, William discovers the
massacre and watches helplessly at the edge of a field. After standing
there for a minute, William is noticed by two of the Indians. William runs
for the woods and the Indians follow him. While running through the thick
woods, William attempts to jump a fallen tree. He trips over the tree and
falls to the ground. The Indians did not notice that William had fallen
and continued ...

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rows while taking the punishment from the Indians. Ingles
also states that his mother was exempt from this act of torture (10). Thom
also writes about this strange custom in his account. This event also sets
the picture of a hard life in the reader's mind.
The last similarity that I will note involves the actual escape of
Mary and the Dutch woman. In all three accounts, the two French men take
Mary and the Dutch woman down the Ohio River to the Big Bone Lick. During
their stay at the lick, they enjoyed more freedom than at the Shawnee
village. Also, there were not as many Indians to track the two if they did
try to escape. The two women took advantage of this and made their ...

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