

They took Catherine and Thomas back to their original family, not knowing if Snow Hunter and the others are alive or not.

And then, one day the English attack their camp. Catherine and Thomas start to develop close bonds with Snow Hunter and the other Indians, Catherine especially. Catherine and the old woman nurse him back to health. The next day, Thomas was with her, but he was very sick. She discovers that he can speak English, and tells him of the dreams she had of her brother. the ice broke, and she was saved by a hunter named Snow Hunter. She decided to climb it, but first she had to cross an icy river. She yells at and insults the Indians, until she gets dreams of her brother indicating that he lives over the hill. Initially, Catherine despises the Indians and is in anguish for her brother who was taken to live with another tribe. The old woman lost her other daughter, Snow Bird, to measles. She is adopted by an old woman and her daughter. But when she and her brother are captured by Indians her whole world is turned upside down. The novel is set in Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania in 1763.Ĭatherine has always lived a simple life with her Quaker family. Standing in the Light, The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, is a Dear America novel written by Mary Pope Osborne. JSTOR ( May 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catherine Carey Logan" – news Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources.
