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i rum me wngon. i nose were mi nre to, and ray darling alaief was burned to death. Stephen wus killed next, hU scalp being taken. Sister Johanna and myself Wuro placed nide by side, and tbev came up tu inspect uk and son which one I hoy should kill. The choice full on poor Johanna, and She w*» shot through the head.Tving ufi—Hophla, Julia, Nancy and myself—they hurried us across the prairies, coing south. My clothes wore torn from me; I was stripped naked and painted bv the old *lt;|unw*f mid made the wife of the chief who could catch mo when fastened upon a horse which was set loose on the prairie. I don't know what Indian caught me. I was made the victim of the grossest outrages by nearly all in the t ribe, and was beaten and whipped time and time again.. They made me carry wood and water, like the squaws. 1 had to kill dogs and cook them for the Indians to eat. We hud nothing but dog-mcnl and horse-incut. During the time we were away from the home camp on the Staked Plains I nearly froze. The snow was very deep and I had nothing to keep me warm hut a blanket. Both my feet were frozen, and my nails came oft’ from my feetgoptlla Itn* will, nw hut Ilt tlO of I belime; where she went 1 don’t know.*• I am positive that I can identify every one of the seventeen members of the party that murdered my family. Mcdicine-Water was with them, and’ 1 believe was the leader. 1 do hot enre to go away from here, as I have no home. They arc very kind to mo at the Mission, and 1 feel that good Mrs. Mills is us a mother to me.Sophia is a spry little girl for her age, and does not apparently appreciate her condition.Tills virtually ends the Indian troubles, us all have surrendered except struggling hands.— \Yachttnt Kan., (Mttrth 15) Cor Cfiicaya Tribune.The Acapulco (Mexico) Massacre*Now Voiik, March IS.The HemUT* Acapulco correspondent gives details of the terrible massacre in that town on the night of .Inn. 11 ltnv Mr 11 ntnMrwon
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The Perrysburg Journal
Perrysburg, Ohio, US
Fri, Mar 26, 1875
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