Hermon, perhaps you already know this, but the "lost" WAS found! Many years later, somebody reported back to the family that there was an adult white woman named Lydia, living with Indians in Indiana. The family made contact, and although I do not remember if they actually met the woman, she did refuse to leave with them as she had an Indian husband and children. According to the account I read, in order to spare the family embarassment in addition to their grief, the story was always ended with "...the lost was never found." This story always fascinated me, too. Imagine my amusement when I turned on TBS one night and found a movie (part of a trilogy) from books by Conrad Richter about the fictional history of Ohio. It starred Elizabeth Montgomery and wasn't all that fictional...it seemed like most of the stories had been lifted directly out of old county history books from Clermont and Hamilton Counties...including the story of Lydia Osborn! Not a good movie unless you know this area's history, and then it's kind of fun. Amy Schneider