Comments for Random Ramblings http://colubridlady.com Of a Mother and Genealogy Enthusiast Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:12:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Script Frenzy Update by Robert Cunningham http://colubridlady.com/2008/05/script-frenzy-update/comment-page-1/#comment-8868 Robert Cunningham Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:12:00 +0000 http://colubridlady.com/?p=26#comment-8868 After the above computer glitches and mistakes, I carefully retyped all of my detailed information on Phoebe Cunningham's release from captivity with aid from Simon Girty. However when I attempted to submit it, it was rejected apparently because I had already posted the three times above. Hence I am not going to do all of that over again. Suffice to say that Phoebe was released by the Indians on October 9, 1785, after only two months captivity, not three years as all previous stories about her captivity have claimed. Robert Cunningham, Akron, Ohio After the above computer glitches and mistakes, I carefully retyped all of my detailed information on Phoebe Cunningham’s release from captivity with aid from Simon Girty. However when I attempted to submit it, it was rejected apparently because I had already posted the three times above. Hence I am not going to do all of that over again. Suffice to say that Phoebe was released by the Indians on October 9, 1785, after only two months captivity, not three years as all previous stories about her captivity have claimed.
Robert Cunningham, Akron, Ohio

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]]> Comment on Script Frenzy Update by Robert Cunningham http://colubridlady.com/2008/05/script-frenzy-update/comment-page-1/#comment-8731 Robert Cunningham Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:35:05 +0000 http://colubridlady.com/?p=26#comment-8731 Robert Cunningham Says: All history records that I have seen concerning the captivity of Phoebe Tucker Cunningham state that she was abducted by a small party of Indians in August, 1785, and ransomed during a prisoner exchange at the rapids of the Maumee River in august, 1788, thus giving her captivity as three years. Simon Girty reportedly had a hand in her release from the Indians. In 2008, Mr. Phillip W. Hoffman published a detailed biography of Simon Girty entitled “Simon Girty Turncoat Hero”. In the book there is a brief mention of Girty’s role in the release of Phoebe Cunningham. The following is a direct quotation from Mr. Hoffman’s book: “In early October [1785], according to journal entries by American emissaries, Daniel Elliott and James Rinken, Girty ws at the Shawnee town called Maquashake (on Mequaschaik Creek, just east of present West Liberty, Ohio) when the two Americans arrived there for a council. Serving both sides as an interpreter, Simon participated in the return of a captive white woman, Mrs. Thomas Cunningham: October 8. Was informed by Simon Girty of a prisoner woman that was Robert Cunningham Says:

All history records that I have seen concerning the captivity of Phoebe Tucker Cunningham state that she was abducted by a small party of Indians in August, 1785, and ransomed during a prisoner exchange at the rapids of the Maumee River in august, 1788, thus giving her captivity as three years. Simon Girty reportedly had a hand in her release from the Indians.
In 2008, Mr. Phillip W. Hoffman published a detailed biography of Simon Girty entitled “Simon Girty Turncoat Hero”. In the book there is a brief mention of Girty’s role in the release of Phoebe Cunningham. The following is a direct quotation from Mr. Hoffman’s book:
“In early October [1785], according to journal entries by American emissaries, Daniel Elliott and James Rinken, Girty ws at the Shawnee town called Maquashake (on Mequaschaik Creek, just east of present West Liberty, Ohio) when the two Americans arrived there for a council. Serving both sides as an interpreter, Simon participated in the return of a captive white woman, Mrs. Thomas Cunningham:
October 8. Was informed by Simon Girty of a prisoner woman that was

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]]> Comment on Script Frenzy Update by Robert Cunningham http://colubridlady.com/2008/05/script-frenzy-update/comment-page-1/#comment-8730 Robert Cunningham Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:34:03 +0000 http://colubridlady.com/?p=26#comment-8730 Duplicated in error. Redone below. Duplicated in error. Redone below.

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]]> Comment on Script Frenzy Update by Robert Cunningham http://colubridlady.com/2008/05/script-frenzy-update/comment-page-1/#comment-8729 Robert Cunningham Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:32:38 +0000 http://colubridlady.com/?p=26#comment-8729 Typo error. Ignore. Retyped below. Typo error. Ignore. Retyped below.

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]]> Comment on Script Frenzy Update by Robert Cunningham http://colubridlady.com/2008/05/script-frenzy-update/comment-page-1/#comment-8728 Robert Cunningham Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:27:20 +0000 http://colubridlady.com/?p=26#comment-8728 All history records that I have seen concerning the captivity of Phoebe Tucker Cunningham state that she was abducted by a small party of Indians in August, 1785, and ransomed during a prisoner exchange at the rapids of the Maumee River in august, 1788, thus giving her captivity as three years. Simon Girty reportedly had a hand in her release from the Indians. In 2008, Mr. Phillip W. Hoffman published a detailed biography of Simon Girty entitled "Simon Girty Turncoat Hero". In the book there is a brief mention of Girty's role in the release of Phoebe Cunningham. The following is a direct quotation from Mr. Hoffman's book: "In early October [1785], according to journal entries by American emissaries, Daniel Elliott and James Rinken, Girty ws at the Shawnee town called Maquashake (on Mequaschaik Creek, just east of present West Liberty, Ohio) when the two Americans arrived there for a council. Serving both sides as an interpreter, Simon participated in the return of a captive white woman, Mrs. Thomas Cunningham: October 8. Was informed by simon Girty of a prisoner woman that was All history records that I have seen concerning the captivity of Phoebe Tucker Cunningham state that she was abducted by a small party of Indians in August, 1785, and ransomed during a prisoner exchange at the rapids of the Maumee River in august, 1788, thus giving her captivity as three years. Simon Girty reportedly had a hand in her release from the Indians.
In 2008, Mr. Phillip W. Hoffman published a detailed biography of Simon Girty entitled “Simon Girty Turncoat Hero”. In the book there is a brief mention of Girty’s role in the release of Phoebe Cunningham. The following is a direct quotation from Mr. Hoffman’s book:
“In early October [1785], according to journal entries by American emissaries, Daniel Elliott and James Rinken, Girty ws at the Shawnee town called Maquashake (on Mequaschaik Creek, just east of present West Liberty, Ohio) when the two Americans arrived there for a council. Serving both sides as an interpreter, Simon participated in the return of a captive white woman, Mrs. Thomas Cunningham:
October 8. Was informed by simon Girty of a prisoner woman that was

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]]> Comment on Script Frenzy Update by Robert Cunningham http://colubridlady.com/2008/05/script-frenzy-update/comment-page-1/#comment-8727 Robert Cunningham Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:27:20 +0000 http://colubridlady.com/?p=26#comment-8727 All history records that I have seen concerning the captivity of Phoebe Tucker Cunningham state that she was abducted by a small party of Indians in August, 1785, and ransomed during a prisoner exchange at the rapids of the Maumee River in august, 1788, thus giving her captivity as three years. Simon Girty reportedly had a hand in her release from the Indians. In 2008, Mr. Phillip W. Hoffman published a detailed biography of Simon Girty entitled "Simon Girty Turncoat Hero". In the book there is a brief mention of Girty's role in the release of Phoebe Cunningham. The following is a direct quotation from Mr. Hoffman's book: "In early October [1785], according to journal entries by American emissaries, Daniel Elliott and James Rinken, Girty ws at the Shawnee town called Maquashake (on Mequaschaik Creek, just east of present West Liberty, Ohio) when the two Americans arrived there for a council. Serving both sides as an interpreter, Simon participated in the return of a captive white woman, Mrs. Thomas Cunningham: October 8. Was informed by simon Girty of a prisoner woman that was All history records that I have seen concerning the captivity of Phoebe Tucker Cunningham state that she was abducted by a small party of Indians in August, 1785, and ransomed during a prisoner exchange at the rapids of the Maumee River in august, 1788, thus giving her captivity as three years. Simon Girty reportedly had a hand in her release from the Indians.
In 2008, Mr. Phillip W. Hoffman published a detailed biography of Simon Girty entitled “Simon Girty Turncoat Hero”. In the book there is a brief mention of Girty’s role in the release of Phoebe Cunningham. The following is a direct quotation from Mr. Hoffman’s book:
“In early October [1785], according to journal entries by American emissaries, Daniel Elliott and James Rinken, Girty ws at the Shawnee town called Maquashake (on Mequaschaik Creek, just east of present West Liberty, Ohio) when the two Americans arrived there for a council. Serving both sides as an interpreter, Simon participated in the return of a captive white woman, Mrs. Thomas Cunningham:
October 8. Was informed by simon Girty of a prisoner woman that was

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]]> Comment on Script Frenzy Update by Robert Cunningham http://colubridlady.com/2008/05/script-frenzy-update/comment-page-1/#comment-8334 Robert Cunningham Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:28:26 +0000 http://colubridlady.com/?p=26#comment-8334 A new, entirely different, authenticated history of Phoebe Tucker Cunningham's captivity and release has come to my attention in the past year. I'll try to post details soon. There appears to be no evidence that she bore a child fathered by one of her Indian captors. Robert Cunningham, Akron, Ohio A new, entirely different, authenticated history of Phoebe Tucker Cunningham’s captivity and release has come to my attention in the past year. I’ll try to post details soon. There appears to be no evidence that she bore a child fathered by one of her Indian captors.
Robert Cunningham, Akron, Ohio

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]]> Comment on Satsuki Azalea Bonsai Update by MonaLisa65 http://colubridlady.com/2008/07/satsuki-azalea-bonsai-update/comment-page-1/#comment-8222 MonaLisa65 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:19:26 +0000 http://colubridlady.com/?p=52#comment-8222 Last spring, I had to (pretty harshly) cut back some 12 ft tall rhododendrons to allow for a porch remodel. Underneath was a little magenta-flowered azalea that MUST have been planted more than a decade ago (though probably even longer, since the rhodie had grown over it by a good 2 feet or more!) It's maybe 10 inches high, 12 inches wide, shaped much like yours, only not as many twigs. I dug up the azalea and moved it out of the way. Only one bloom on it this spring :( This past Xmas, my nephew gave me a boxed bonsai gift set, 'The Complete Practical Encyclopedia of Bonsai' with a cute little clipper and trowel. These last two weeks, I've been looking through it, and I think my next obsession has been found! I just dug up the azalea today and put it in a training pot (I'm a little too paranoid to do root-pruning or major trimming just yet.I'll be happy if I didn't kill it!) Do you think I should trim each shoot tip yet, or let it get used to not being in the ground for a season? Last spring, I had to (pretty harshly) cut back some 12 ft tall rhododendrons to allow for a porch remodel. Underneath was a little magenta-flowered azalea that MUST have been planted more than a decade ago (though probably even longer, since the rhodie had grown over it by a good 2 feet or more!) It’s maybe 10 inches high, 12 inches wide, shaped much like yours, only not as many twigs. I dug up the azalea and moved it out of the way. Only one bloom on it this spring :(

This past Xmas, my nephew gave me a boxed bonsai gift set, ‘The Complete Practical Encyclopedia of Bonsai’ with a cute little clipper and trowel. These last two weeks, I’ve been looking through it, and I think my next obsession has been found!

I just dug up the azalea today and put it in a training pot (I’m a little too paranoid to do root-pruning or major trimming just yet.I’ll be happy if I didn’t kill it!)

Do you think I should trim each shoot tip yet, or let it get used to not being in the ground for a season?

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]]> Comment on Script Frenzy Update by Ian Maclaren Cunningham Jr http://colubridlady.com/2008/05/script-frenzy-update/comment-page-1/#comment-8221 Ian Maclaren Cunningham Jr Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:23:35 +0000 http://colubridlady.com/?p=26#comment-8221 I desend from William, first born after Phoebe's return to civilization. I have wondered if I have Native American blood in my veins, as some important dates seem not to have been recorded. Seems remarkable that her date of return from captivity would not be known. I desend from William, first born after Phoebe’s return to civilization. I have wondered if I have Native American blood in my veins, as some important dates seem not to have been recorded. Seems remarkable that her date of return from captivity would not be known.

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]]> Comment on Fred Seibert and Kenmore, Ohio by Judy Crawford http://colubridlady.com/2008/05/fred-seibert-and-kenmore-ohio/comment-page-1/#comment-7689 Judy Crawford Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:21:07 +0000 http://colubridlady.com/?p=23#comment-7689 My Mom and her cousins grew up just blocks from the pictures shown here and lived a part of this story in the 1920s through 1950s... I'm researching their genealogy and history right now. Blacklock, Santrock, Prats. I too, lived in Summit County as a child. Thank you for this history, it's truly wonderful and takes me back in memory to when as a child, I overheard the grownup's chat. My uncles worked for Goodrich, my Grandad- Firestone, and my Dad- Goodyear. What memories... ! My Mom and her cousins grew up just blocks from the pictures shown here and lived a part of this story in the 1920s through 1950s… I’m researching their genealogy and history right now. Blacklock, Santrock, Prats. I too, lived in Summit County as a child.

Thank you for this history, it’s truly wonderful and takes me back in memory to when as a child, I overheard the grownup’s chat.

My uncles worked for Goodrich, my Grandad- Firestone, and my Dad- Goodyear. What memories… !

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