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Sclffiiln {EinifSTlirRSft.W, MAlCfH - . 1-BLOCDTEIBSTY SAVAGESEow iht) £«•»'red the Unfortunate Ger main FamilT. and Homblr Ill-Treated the Captive. Catkanne and Sophia.The detail* of the Smoky Hill massacre which nct iim-*! in central Kims in September, 1ST4. are of #uch a #tartling charac ter a- «otXttULK THE M-ool; in one'* vein* and cau*c the mind lo -icken with honor at the redtll of the iiendi-b art* of atrocity which stamped the tngidy an **»c of the un-t barbaric and demon like that ha« ever been known since the ex termination of the Indian rare lufan.A Kau-a- lt;itv reporter went out to thi-cmniry to the tterinain children. and to him Mrs. Mile*iiqouiicd the conditionof tin- captive* when brought to l»er door. She «aid : ' ] wa- unprepared to aee mcb* nylit i *i- pf*t*nt*d me when poor « ithrrifMe alighted. Jh-rflark hair * a- mat-t-*i about her head ami her limb-, which w**r» rxpMrd a* *bc w alked toward* ua, •he having nothing un but a blanket, were terribly emaciated; ami iier weak,idckly condition showed u- plainly that her por aro-t*u» had *ufl* n-d more than it could lear. i l*M.k her in my arnn* and ki—d her,BIX I WeBOTH IHQi TEABf.Sophia Mttttud t. have fart*! U tter, ami wa-in a stronger condition. Catherine M**mtd lialfcnuwl when -became in. and her arpuatii* wen- not altogether ataij-facto* ry; l‘«!t «Ih* -jirrtlUv recovered, and i* now rapidly a-*uming her former condition.* M.ing into the ph-a-ant parhr e! Ms MiUV * lt;*-y Iwrnc, th* reporter found him* - If in the jms-we of the heroine* of thi-• hapterof real life, far stranger than !»-tion.Mi*- Catherine #how« traces of lieauty, ami a- -In- told her *t«»rya her eipn-—ivcbluec v«-* were at tirne* Idindid with tear*.She will I*-SKVCfTlII Y EA la- iiIJion the It'.tJ, „f the pre-ent month, and i* of ordinary height, with regular feature*, a ion-* «if dark hair, and a latv of m«»re (linnordinary intelligvtM'c. Jlcr language show -that -li*- i- por—~-~*-d of a common m education, and in h* r manner* -he i- «•*-ocdinglv Iiimieet and retiring. she fully realize* laer terrible situation, but i- n«i «h*wiH a-t. -luiingto think it more jtidi-« ion- and wu-iidc to strive and forget her awluI experience.*i| hia i-only 11 y«-nr* old, but i* well develn|ad and look# older than -he really i- ll«-r • y*- ami hair are like h. r-isU r-. She ha- Ihvn le— cnieily dealt with, and will *o.*n Ur a- well a- ever. The re|-»rter learned that Catharinewas hot iisimrr*:, and that -he had e-caped rout rat ting any• •f I/me Hack. At tin** I wa* nearlyfpBOrft, baring nothing but a blanket Sole-p tiao warm :»i nhrf t- Si.oetinw* thra-**.riJ Iv- a foot of kmiw oi: tb* ground, but liter made me work just ft- hard. I!;.- wa-nUmt Jfcci-tnbrr I*t. My fy : Wj re ! mi.and the rail- of my richt foot ail cam- off. In January J no; -u*r Sophia t r - *.ttime, aid told me we were U-tter to 1 *r killed.”“One Miuaw wa- at tin.- - very kind to me, but ail the re-: »i—»*1 to -?rikc me every chance they had.“They u-d to jaint un every few day*.A hottta month ago I wa- eure the Itwlian* were i**.Ing tlt;* surrender. z* Stone Calf ami Kagle Head, with their hand* joined our*, and all started north. 1 did not ace S.phim all thia time.but knew nhc wa- near me, n- the wpiawthat had been glt;/od to me *aid, ‘Little -»-ter with Slone C«U.* At la-t Mnlicine Water* :ime to my lodge and told me 1 wa* to U* given up. i aids*-! him t«* let rue - . S.phia, and h»* answered, ‘Sister dead.' 1 did not U-lieve him. and one dnv Stone t ali told me -he *a* alive and w. if. About two wr«ek« agt* 1 -aw a four faorx* wagi n coming toward our camp, ami a- «oon a- it wa* near eVKtugh I iitarted to run out at.«lai«vt it. The Indian* would not let roe, Uil made me go into a tent. Soon Runco came to me ami upoate t*» rue in KngH-h. It wa# the !ir*t time I had heard it for month*. He -aid 1 might go with him and he would takeGOODCAKF. OF ME.‘i got into the ambulance, ar**l lln-rt* for the tin*! time in two month* -aw r-vphia.We at oikf left tlie Indian- Uhiinl. an«l in two dav- i nine in -ight of the anklier# tent#, wU-re I -aw i»*-n. Neil, Mr*. Mile#, and ail the rwt who wen* -* kitnl t*» ia*\ I cnhiM m.t U Ip crying. Mrs. Milo i- a- kind a- a mother to u*.”j. 2.J.HicFenceBELMAOFIRHnrk*LAFLIWE 1The Excursion-Tin next annua! meeting of the Kai -a Kditorial Aw-ration will U- held at Manhattan, on Wi-lne-*!av. \j.ril 17th. Arrangement* will probably lie made h r an excumion to • ialve-tan, Texas. Thi- would undonbteilly r»n*v4-a irn*-t idearanr trip, «t that -**aj-.n of the year.— 7yFairAll W-f' t will IA Washiorton “Belle’' Discovered to be a ■aecoiizie ClerkWaj*hinlt;ton Mirirty ha- been -evendy diuckrd, the pa-i three day-, by tlie di«cov-rv that a farhionaiilr “Wkr who ha* at-tram*l considerable attention at i*ot a few j »f the *'upjKT-cnin!'’ mvptinn*, l»alU »arti«-, aniablw, rlr^ llatv thi* winter,i- nothing uion nor lt*-r« thr.ii a youiig i male clerk ot iiinUiii, named St. flair.1 imvKil a* ;t young lady in the latt^t a-hiim*, with hair ornamentation# of dt- ! ciikil ftt-t*1. Iihk urn! at tin* -ame plate where other belie# procure their-, wearing ior-butlt4t, white kid gh*v«, and managing hi# train with elegance and ea**\ aid* *1 iy a really feminine :ippea/anlt;i- and voice, and, withal. Udug dcriikulk good-looking. Mr. St. i lair ha- found no trouble in placing the part of “Mi— Sinclair to hi-heart’- c.uhut, and the breaking of several admiring ina.** ulinr heart*, until la-t Wtd-mwday evening, w l»*n a bad cold, which milled hi* voice m«*n- than i* castomary or ion-i-tent with the feminine larynx, and a failure for *.nc*- l#» take a “tina! I«*ik in theiniw*tult;1 be *llr tnd priiftOrder* '0HKNK1aurtf.l I«-PcCHA1
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Leavenworth, Kansas, US
Thu, Mar 25, 1875
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