Re: Absolom Stewart
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Absolom Stewart
Ernest Watson 1/16/05
I have been researching the families of Capt. Ralph Stewart's descendants for many years and I am sure there is no solid proof of the Indian story.I have always questioned its authenticity because the timing seems wrong.In any event, it makes for interesting reading.Following is an excerpt from my soon-to-be-released book on Capt. Ralph Stewart:
"It has been variously reported that Absalom was captured by Indians and later escaped after being held for as long as seven years.One account, given by G. P. Goode, reporting on the Stewart Family in February 1927,has him escaping by paddling a birch-bark canoe across Lake Erie from Canada to a white settlement at Detroit to make his escape.The trip supposedly took him eleven days guided by the sun by day and the stars by night.He eventually made his way back to Virginia to either his own or his father's place, depending on which account you believe.It is told that his own mother did not know him when he returned home."There are more details, such as how his adopted Indian "mother" helped him escape, that I chose not to include in the book.
The earliest reference to this story that I could find is in an old obituary of one of Capt. Ralphs sons who died in 1898.
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