Results of Petition
The petition may have been of some help. The Governor would doubtless bring the matter to the attention of the Indian Embassador, who could not well do anything else than agree to do his best for the release of the captives named and described in the petition. At any rate, one of the sons, according to the best traditions in the family, was restored soon after, to his family, after a captivity of about five years. The writer has reason for believing that this was Christian,[footnote]19, though the written accounts in the family of Christian make the shortest time of his captivity seven years, and the account among the descendants of Joseph . . . [ed. note: appearing later in the book] fixes his captivity at six years.
[footnote]19 I was so informed by my father and grandfather.
Taken from p. 43 of Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler, by Rev. Harvey Hostetler, D.D., 1912. This portion was prepared by William F. Hochstetler.
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