Reading Daily Eagle in Reading, Pennsylvania

Indian captivity tale ends with daring escape and cavalry aid

Richard M Gangwere, a soldier from Allen town now with Company B of the 2d U S Cavalry, recounts his eight months as a captive among the Tadlane Indians. He describes selling his two wives for a pony and robes, his escape at night, warnings to a emigrant train, and returning with a cavalry detachment. He notes three more years of service and signs off from Smith County, Georgia.