The old squaw was found and taken prisoner by Mrs.Godfrey.Her nose and one rib were broken, her left arm dislocated at the elbow, and both her eyes completely closed with heavy shutters.

She presented a pitiable appearance, as she staggered along toward the house supported by her captor.

The Indians were so completely surprised and cowed by the courage of Mrs.Godfrey that they never came back to look after the wounded squaw, or sent to inquire whether she was living or dead.
As soon as the old squaw began to recover, Mrs.Godfrey found out that the old woman could speak some English.

She said she was a widow about sixty years old.

That her husband had been killed at Fort Pitt in 1763.
Her only son had been taken prisoner by the English at Fort Pitt, and had afterwards remained nine moons with an English officer in New York.
The officer went away to England and wanted her son to go with him, but on the eve of the officer's departure he ran away, soon got on the trail of his mother, and at last found her at Detroit living with a band of Iroquois.