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to Mr.I his d him igreas. iburne ttcrt-d, e fam-I grat-eraem-served i after od Mr. to the ir con-tbanks [ their ■ theirk died ria, in hleder, n the zhleder phjelo-u, hi* t, pnb-ing ofumg county, wnere He came lrom, to settle in Colorado. When my father heard the Indiana coming, he turned black in the face, and could not get hia gnn up to shoot. They came and took an axe, after taking hold of pa’a horse, and struck him in the head, catting it open. Then they killeid my oldest brother Stephen* and my oldest sister, Rebecca Jane. They cut into the heads of all except my biggest slater and scalped them. Then they dragged me out from under the feather bed in the wagon, where I was with sister. She commenced and set up crying. I crawled in again and went to sleep.I could not cry. There wasn't tears enough in my eyes. They took all the feathers out of the beds ami made pillows out of one of them. They like soft pillows, hut won't have soft beds. They didn't treat me welL They had plums to eat the first day for dinner, and after they got through eating, they gave us what was left. Then they bridled up the horses and put sister in front of a young back and me in front of another,I on horse back. We were jolted so that our necks got stiff. After awhile they took os out one day and left us on the prairie all alone*I don’t know what they did It for. After awhile sister and I got op and found a wagon trail, and wa followed it six miles to where they had been a camping party and we found some com and crackers with a little grain of meat. We got an old broken cup and bucket and went down to the creek and got some water. (This was in one of I the old camps of the United Si troops). Then some Inians that day and took ns away again and put us down in scamp where there were Indian squaws— your soldiers came and found as on the day of the firing. The Indians didn't have any other fight while we were with them. We heard the firing but did not the yelling. We are getting over oar fright.
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Emporia News
Emporia, Kansas, US
Fri, Dec 18, 1874
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