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Ruth Bragdon was carried off by Indians, married to an Indian chief, and ultimately returned to husband Eliakim Wardwell.

"For refusing to attend the established church, she and other members of her family were repeatedly fined, until rendered destitute of the actual necessities of life. It is related that on a Sabbath Day while so reduced, Mrs. Wardwell entered the church service in a nearly nude state, and, after telling the people gathered there her sorrowful condition was the result of unfair fines imposed upon her, she solemnly invoked the curse of God upon the entire gathering."

For this she was publicly whipped to the extent of 35 lashes upon her bare back. (Folk of the Majorbagaduce, p.16) She is said to have had a daughter Meribah by the Indian chief, and to have brought the daughter with her as she escaped and returned to Eliakim. (Stephen A. Snowman Sr.)