IT ALL STARTED WHEN THE LENNI LANAPE INDIAN TRIBE ATTACKED MARY'S VILLAGE. THE INDIANS STOOD IN 2 LINES AND MADE THE WHITE PEOPLE RUN BETWEEN THE GAUNTLET THE INDIANS THREW STICKS AT THEM AND MANY PEOPIE WERE HIT. THIS WAS A TEST TO SEE WHO COULD MAKE IT THROUGH THE GAUNLET AND BE TAKEN TO BECOME AN INDIAN. MARY CAMPBELL AND MRS. STEWART WERE UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE GAUNTLET AND BECOME A LENNI LENAPE INDIANS FOR 6 YEARS.

WHILE IN THE TRIBE MARY BECAME FRIENDS WITH AN INDIAN GIRL NAMED LITTLE SQUIRREL. MARY'S INDIAN NAME WAS QUIET DOE. SOMETIMES QUIET DOE AND LITTLE SQUIRREL WOULD SLEEP TOGETHER IN MARY'S CAVE AND THEY PLAYED IN THE RIVER. LITTLE SQUIRREL TAUGHT MARY HOW TO CARVE UTENSILS AND DISHES OUT OF WOOD. THE INDIAN TRIBE HAD TO FIGHT OTHERINDIANS AND HUNT FOOD. LITTLE SQUIRREL'S GRANDFATHER HAD TO STAY BEHIND BECAUSE HE WASN'T STRONG ENOUGH TO FIGHT AND WOULD PROBABLY DIE. GRANDFATHER GAVE MARY CORN, BEAN AND SQUASH SEEDS. THESE WERE SYMBOLS WITH SPCECIAL MEANINGS. HE TOLD HER TO CHOOSE THE BEST EAR OF CORN AND NEVER GO BACK AGAIN.

MARY'S TRIBE TRADED WITH OTHER TRIBES FOR NEW BLANKETS FOR THE CHILDREN. THE BLANKETS HAD SMALLPOX GERMS. MARY AND LITTLE SQUIRREL'S BABY BROTHER BECAME ILL AND HAD TO GO TO THE SMOKE ROOM. MARY MADE HERB SOUP FOR THE BABY. MARY RECOVERED, BUT THE BABY BOY DIED. MARY AND MRS. STEWART WERE RESCUED BY THEIR FAMILIES. MARY ONLY REMEMBERED HER MOM.HER BROTHER DID NOT WANT TO HEAR HER STORY ABOUT THE INDIANS. SHE WAS HAPPY TO BE WITH HER FAMILY, BUT SAD TO LEAVE LITTLE SQUIRREL.