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agreed with Thmddeus Stevens as early as 1862.”IHK CHILDBEDA Lille Ciftrl*a Taleol S»l Ter lac M tffr.The German children, who were recently captured by l\ S. soldiers, from the Indians, were at Ft. Leavenworth at last accounts, being well cared for.The following in regard to them is from tho New York Herald.Their appearance, despite their life among barbarians, is gentle and engaging, such as is worn by more fortunate children of civilization. The naivete with which the eider of the two sisters told their touching story would have penetrated any heart with its simple hut awful tempering of pathos. She made her statement as follows:JULIANA A KM 15 DA OEBMA.x’S STOUT.My name is Juliana Arminda German. I am aged seven years. My sister here, Nancy Adeline, is aged five and a half years. My father’s name was John German, and my mother’s Catherine, and two older sisters’ Caterinc Elizabeth, aged fifteen years, and Sophie Lewis, aged twelve years. My older sisters are yet with the Indians. I have only seen Caterine once. She told me Sophie was well and among the Indians. I could', hear her voice sometimes, but could not see her ever. They killed pa about three weeks ago, on Smoky Hill river, Kansas. He was going from Georgia, in Fan-uing county, where he came from, to settle in Colorado. When my father heard the Indians coming, he turned black in the face, and could not get his gua up to shoot. They came and took an axe, after taking hold of pa’s horse, and struck him in the head, cutting it open. Then they killed my oldest brother Stephen, and my oldest sister, Rebecca Jane. They cut into the heads of all except my biggest sLster and scalped them.- J_____
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Emporia News
Emporia, Kansas, US
Fri, Dec 18, 1874
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