Hide Article Text (OCR)
log me ure 01 tun winch lie* beneath the crust of our society. Hence the success of Na»t and others with their terrible caricatures. —The Ifon. S. S. Cox, in Harper’s Magazine for April.BLOOIITHIRNTl N4Y A4JIXllorrlblfTrfalmeni or iJUe Victim*.■low they Maiuacred the ia fortnnatr Oermala 1'amily.The details of the Smoky Hill massacre which occurred in central Kansas in September 1874, arc of such a startling character as toCURDLE THE BLOOD in one’s veins and cause the inind to sicken with horror at the recital of the fiendish acta of the of atrocity which stamped the tragedy as one of the most barbaric and * de-mon like that has ever been known since the extermination of the Indian race began.A Kansas City reporter went out to this country to see theCor-mam children, and to him Mrs. MilesDBC1BKD TIIE CONDITIONof the captives when brought u her door.She said: **1 was unpiepared tosee such a sight as was piesented me when poor Cathcrino alighted. Her dark hair was matter abont her head and her iimhs, which were exposed ai she walked towards u9, she having nothing on but a blanket, wero terribly' emaciated: and her weak, sickly condition showed us plainly that her poor system had suffered more than it could bear. I took her in my arms and kissed her, ami we BOTH SURD TE ARS.Sophia seemed to have fared better, and was in a stronger condi tion. Catherine seemed half-crazed when she came in, and her ac counts were not altogether satisfactory; but she speedily recovered* and is now rapadly assuming her termer condition.”*ana. running closer, saw my lather fall, shot through the back by an Indian. I was terribly frightened, but I can never forget the spectacle that there ensued.Mlt;*TeTcMl BROTHER STEPHEN was a half a mile away hunting up some stock, and he bad a gun witbi him. As poor father fell mother rushed towards him only to receive a shot from another Indian who fired at her head, killing her almost instantly My father was i not killed at once, for he moved his arm about as be was scalped by one of the parly. They also» scalped my mother. au old1 squaw picked up our ax and stuck it in my father's head, leaving it fixed in his skull. During the time this was going on, one party rode after Stephen and shot and scalped him. My sister, Rebecca, made a brave defense witfa an ax, she knocked down one of the Indians and would have killed him if she had not been tomahawked from behind. While half insensible, and scarcely alive, the Indians —five or six of them—disposed her person, and after that they scalped Ler. They then carried her near the wagon, tore oil her clothes, piled them up over with some other things from wagon, and while she wa* alive set lire to the pile and la uNF.i* tii.u rp.HoItATfcTfcSHlit—/larjher,the.'-'tillFoi the pi whicl publi: are ir Depa.Th ity tc of t lie other mi?3i for qi been class.Here tho broken-hearted girl broke down, and the rejmrtcr waited some time before she could proceed. Amid sobs and tears, and in broken utterances, she continued as follows, occasionally assisted by Sophia:“After all were killed but we five sisters, they gathered around us to see which one should be put out of the way, us they said they could only take lour along. One Indian, who seemed to Ik? a chief, camo up. and looked at. Johanna and me, suddenly drew up and shot sister's head off. I was so frightened that I could not stirNe tage lt;ularagentthe pagentTh numt writii mark add it convcA ibox i perso for at Laws sectic
Newspaper Details
Emporia News
Emporia, Kansas, US
Fri, Mar 26, 1875
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
USA 18 Jan 2025
Other Publications Near Emporia, Kansas
Weekly Emporia Gazette
Emporia Weekly Emporia Gazette
Gazette Weekly Emporia
Emporia Weekly Gazette
Emporia Daily Gazette
