"Having . . . finished the work of destruction, the army marched off to the east. . . . [Once] Sullivan had gone so far that there would be no danger of his returning to molest us . . . we all returned; but what were our feelings when we found that there was not a mouthful of any kind of sustenance left, not even enough to keep a child one day from perishing with hunger. The weather by this time had become cold and stormy; and as we were destitute of houses and food too, I immediately resolved to take my children and look out for myself, without delay. With this intention, I took two of my little ones on my back, bade the other three follow, and on the same night arrived on the Gardow Flats. . ." How did Mary Jemison react to General John Sullivan's raid of the Seneca village?
What will be an ideal response?
With their supplies destroyed, Jemison had no choice but to go search for food for her children.
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