Daily Archives for 9 November 2013


November 9: Freed from Captivity

On 9 November 1764, sixteen year old Mary Campbell was released from captivity. She had been abducted by Lenape Indians on 21 May 1758. After her capture, Campbell had lived with the family of Chief Netawatwees. Her release had been arranged by Colonel Henry Bouquet at the conclusion of Pontiac’s War. Pontiac’s War began in […]