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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Judy,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>My gggg grandfather Stephen A. Ruddle was
captured by Indians. He lived with them for 15 years and “had
his ears split and all the white blood washed out”. The story is
pretty well documented. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ronda<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Stephen Ruddell (born September 19, 1768;
died October 17, 1845) was one of the few survivors of an Indian attack and
massacre at Ruddell's Station in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">territory</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Kentucky</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> in
1780. He was taken by his Indian captors to their native grounds in <st1:State
w:st="on">Michigan</st1:State>, near what is now <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Detroit</st1:place></st1:City>. He was adopted by the father
of the great Indian warrior Tecumseh, and was raised as a brother of
Tecumseh. During the years of his early adulthood, Stephen Ruddell was
met and befriended by a French-Canadian missionary, who taught Stephen to read
and write, and converted him to the Christian faith. Soon afterward,
Ruddell left the Indian tribe and went west as a part of the growth of the
American frontier into the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mississippi</st1:place></st1:State>
valley.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> Ruddell
settled for a time in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Clarksville</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Missouri</st1:State></st1:place>. His life-changing
faith experience motivated him as a Christian witness and he is credited with
starting the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ramsey</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Creek</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Baptist</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType>, in the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Clarksville</st1:place></st1:City> area, in 1815. It is still
a worshipping congregation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>JudyRobertson39@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, September 03, 2006
4:27 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [or-roots] Hanna question</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Ira Monroe Hanna came west by wagon
train-year unknown. He lived for a time in southwestern Oregon-Oakland
area. Is said to have fought in the Rogue Indian War. Eventually he
settled in New Chicago Montana (south of Drummond-north of <st1:City w:st="on">Phillipsburg</st1:City>)
His wife was Sarah Alice Karnes (Carnes) born 15 Dec 1854 in Lafitte <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Indiana</st1:place></st1:State>. Family
tradition has it that she was found with an Indian tribe when she was 8-10
years of age and adopted by Joseph Karnes and his wife Lidia (<st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lydia</st1:place></st1:country-region>) This is
my daughter's in-law family. They are interested in knowing if the family
tradition has any truth to it.(how did they know her date of birth and place of
birth if she was found with an Indian tribe(they do not know which tribe or
locality) I have read a variety of tales of children stolen and adopted
by various Indian bands but do not remember the details of any of them.
Can someone shed light? Thanks, Judy Robertson<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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