 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Nguva pfupi vasvika, mhirizhonga yakatanga mupata weRwizi rweSusquehanna kumabvazuva kwePennsylvania. Kunyange zvazvo mhuri yaSlocum yakaramba iri munharaunda yacho, vamwe vakawanda vakatiza panguva yeHondo yeWyomingmuna July 1778, apo mauto eBritain nevarwi veSeneca vakaparadza Forty Fort pedyo neWilkes-Barre, vachiuraya vagari vokuAmerica vanopfuura mazana matatu. Mhuri yaSlocum yakapukunyuka muhondo yacho, uye vakanzwa kuti zvitendero zvavo zveQuaker noukama hwoushamwari navazvarwa vemo zvaizovadzivirira. Zvisinei, musi waNovember 2, 1778, Jonathan paakanga asipo, varwi vatatu vokuDelaware vakarwisa purazi remhuri yokwaSlocum pedyo neWilkes-Barre. Ruth nevana vake vose kunze kwevaviri vakatiza vachipinda musango raiva pedyo, asi Delaware yakabata Frances aiva nemakore mashanu, mukoma wake akaremara, Ebenezer, uye Wareham Kingsley, mukomana muduku aiva nemhuri yaigara nevaSlocum. Ebenezer akasunungurwa papurazi, asi Frances nomukomana waKingsley vakatapwa. Slocum haana kuzomboona vabereki vake zvakare. Vanhu vomunzvimbomo vakauraya baba vake nasekuru musi waDecember 16, 1778. Amai vaSlocum, avo vakafa pana May 6, 1807, havana kumborasa tariro yokuti mwanasikana wavo aizowanikwa. 