Mary Draper Ingles was captured in an attack by the Shawnee on her cabin, located just downstream of the modern Duck Pond at Virginia Tech. Her escape and return are commemorated in books and a local outdoor drama, "Long Way Home." James Burk, a Quaker, had to flee Burke's Garden.
The Brethren along the New River migrated to the Yadkin River in North Carolina, settling what is now Winston-Salem. In the Shenandoah Valley, Rev. John Rhodes miscalculated when it was safe to return. He had moved into the valley in 1748, fled a decade later, and then returned in 1764 to near modern-day Luray. That year, he and some of his family died in what was perhaps the last attack in the region.
