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DkIyalh, Miss., May 12.“Maim.u—At .the Request of Miss Nellie Chisolm, whose wounds render it impossible for her to write, I serve as her amanuensis. She takes great pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of your kind letters, which have come to hand since the DeKalb horror took place, and let me assure you that your kindness is appreciated.1 have had the pleasure of opening your letters and reading them to her, and from your writting I judge that you do not know that the brave and devoted little daughter was shot, beaten and mangled equally with the father. Her right arm was shot through and through while endeavoring to shield her father. A whole charge of buckshot, which first struck the flat, iron bars of a cell, struck her full in the face, tilling it with chips of lead and burnt powder. She was stilick in the face by some brutal hand, which has blackened and disfigured it in a fearful manner. She was also shot in the leg, below the knee, and is now lying prostrate and helpless as an infant, and nothing but the tenderert care and best surgical aid can save her arm and precious life. Her father is still alive, but suffering intensely yet we have some hope of his final recovery. The house is being guarded by a few faithful friends and relatives, but we do not know at what hour the savage barbarians may renew the attack. You can do us all no more good at present than to lnv the enormities of this massacre before the people of Washington, especially the President.”
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Greencastle Banner
Greencastle, Indiana, US
Thu, May 24, 1877
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