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Johs Shively Jvmafd.—TheHelena Inde|*ende£t prints an account of John Shively’s capture by the Nez Perces and his adventures among them. They kept him thirteen days, wanting him tora guide. He says: *4They askedme if I would show them the best trail out of the Park to wind river, where they are going. I told them that I would, as 1 knew all about the country. This seemed to be satisfactory, and the council brokeup and-the camp moved up a mile or two, where an encampment tor the night was formed. A robe was •oven me, and an Indian named Joe was detailed to sleep with me. He spoke very good English; said I must not attempt U escape; that iie would be my friend; that they had come that way to get awayfrom Howard; that the trail by ihat route to Wind river was not known to them, hut other Indiana i had told them about it, and that if I told them the truth they would not harm me.1’ One night heslipped out and escaped. The Indians told Shively they 1 a 1 lieenrobbed and swindled at Lapwai byan agent they called “John Hall/1 and on whom they laid all their trouble; that they were going to make a new home in the CrowcotHpry, and would be joined by a thousand more lodges, including Crows, when they rtached thatcountry. Shively had heard noth.* . *itiruf the outbreak previous to hiscapture.
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Astoria Daily Astorian
Astoria, Oregon, US
Wed, Oct 03, 1877
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