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Of I Of kroae imer kfou-em-andwiib hich er, I fcel-gret. ions, )era-jarea The con-onb-tring jeta-have dingifort snaea ; that a for euch and i the rely not one long pted paid a forC.R.— u tael of ireateu, auu is now rapacuy assuming, her former condition/7Going into the pleasant parlor j of Mrs. Miles' cosy home, the re- j porter found himself in the presence of the heroines of this chapter of renl life. far stranger than fiction.Mrs. Catherine shows traces of) beauty, uud as she told her story, I her expressive blue eyes were at times blinded with learn. She wasSEVENTEEN* YEARS OLDon the 16th of the present month, and is of ordinary height, with regular features, a mass of dark hair, and a face of more than ordinary intelligence. Her language shows that she is possessed of a common school education, and in her manners she is exceedingly modest and retiring. She fully realizes her terrible situation, but is not downcast, seeming to think it more judicious and sensible to strive and forget her awful experience.Sophie is only 11 years old, hut is well developed and looks older than she really is. Her eyes and hair are like her sinter’s. She has been leas cruelly dealt with, and will soon be as well as ever. Many a heart will he shocked with the account of Mathews treatment while in the power of these lecherous devils that satiated their beastly desires over this helpless creature. She was uot considered as the wife of any one chief, but wasCARNALLY KNOWNty nearly every demon of the tribe. And this was the unfortunate girl that had been for nearly nine months subjected to such fiendish treatment as this! There she sat —pale, wan of face, sunken of eve.anu suot aisvoi a neau on.wasso frightened that I could not Btirfor some time. As soon as they got everything they wanted they set lire to the wagon and killed the cattle; then made Sophia and I get on horses and tied us on, took our two little sisters up in front of them, and started cifas fast as the horses could go- We traveled all day, going due *-outh. I should judge. One squaw tried to save Rebecca’s life, but the Indian she hit with an ax said he would have her scalp, ana ho, she was shot.“In about a week when encamped on Wolf creek, the % soldiers again made the Indians run. I did not sec them, but heard the guns. All this time 1 was on horseback, and a good deal of the time very sick; had to ride all the lime, and at night wasOFTEN WHIPPEDand heataen, because 1 could not carry as much wood and water as some of the squa vs. All this time 1 w.v- under charge of Long Back. At times I wasnearty frozen, having nothing but a blanket to keep me warm at night. Sometimes there would be a foot of 8now on the ground, bat they made me work just as hard. This was about December 1st. My feetwere frozen, and the nails of my right fool all came oft. In January I met sister Sophia for a short time, and she told me we were better to be killed.”“One squaw was at times very kind to me, but all the rest used to strike me every chance they had.“They used to .paint me every few days. AboutA MONTH AGO 1 was sure the Indians were goingto surrender, at Stone Calf and
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Emporia News
Emporia, Kansas, US
Fri, Mar 26, 1875
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