In the second summer of my living at Wiishto, I had a child at the time that the kernels of corn first appeared on the cob. When I was taken sick, Sheninjee was absent, and I was sent to a small shed, on the bank of the river, which was made of boughs, where I was obliged to stay till my husband returned. My two sisters, who were my only companions, attended me, and on the second day of my confinement my child was born but it lived only two days. It was a girl: and notwithstanding the shortness of the time that I possessed it, it was a great grief to me to lose it. After the birth of my child, I was very sick, but was not allowed to go into the house for two weeks; when, to my great joy, Sheninjee returned, and I was taken in and as comfortably provided for as our situation would admit of. My disease continued to increase for a number of days; and I became so far reduced that my recovery was despaired of by my friends, and I concluded that my troubles would soon be finished. At length, however, my complaint took a favorable turn, and by the time that the corn was ripe I was able to get about. I continued to gain my health, and in the fall was able to go to our winter quarters, on the Sciota, with the Indians. From that time, nothing remarkable occurred to me till the fourth winter of my captivity, when I had a son born, while I was at Sciota: I had a quick recovery, and my child was healthy. To commemorate the name of my much lamented father, I called my son Thomas Jemison. CHAPTER IV. She leaves Wiishto for Fort Pitt, in company with her Husband.--Her feelings on setting out.--Contrast between the labor of the white and Indian Women.--Deficiency of Arts amongst the Indians.--Their former Happiness.--Baneful effects of Civilization, and the introduction of ardent Spirits amongst them, &c.--Journey up the River.--Murder of three Traders by the Shawnees.--Her Husband stops at a Trading House.--Wantonness of the Shawnees.--Moves up the Sandusky.--Meets her Brother from Ge-nish-a-u.--Her Husband goes to Wiishto, and she sets out for Genishau in company with her Brothers.--They arrive at Sandusky.--Occurrences at that place.--Her Journey to Genishau, and Reception by her Mother and Friends. In the spring, when Thomas was three or four moons [months] old, we returned from Sciota to Wiishto, and soon after set out to go to Fort Pitt, to dispose of our fur and skins, that we had taken in the winter, and procure some necessary articles for the use of our family.