The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-11-15
A WHITE WOMAN .RM0NG IN
DAMS.

A WHITE WOMAN .RM0NG IN |
DAMS.
We have frequently read in novels
passages OF nature corresponding with
the sutjoiued eErsct, but II Is rare that
such incidents occur 10 mar The enRarl.
ed sameuess Of everybody life. Upwards
of eighty years ago a geotleman emf
grated with his family frem rennsylva
mia 10 Iodsna, where his house was al
sacked by Iudisns and his three children
carried Of.
IT appears shatrecentiy an old friend
of Mr.. Daldridgen (lhe name of the be
rcaved father trave'ing through thar
portion Of the country inhabited by dh'
Wnnebagoes, encountered white wo-
man, over seventy years of age, living
smopg them as one cf lheatribe, OF whom
thewrites as follows;
Philip Daldrdge is-the nsme of lh'
man who lost the three chidren--ont
of whoml suppose 10 be the old white
woman now with the Winnebagoes.
From my own recollectioaa Of the tea
sures Of Mr.. D. and the striking resem'
iblance Of this woman,I have little doubt
of her being one Of his children. Her
apparent age, and hefact OF her having
no recollection Of her captivity, answer
the case OF his childrep, who were taken
when very young. They we're 'cap'nr-
sed ON the waters of the 7Monongahsla
river in Virginia, near sixty years ago.
Mr.. D, lived in Washington county,
Penosylvsnia, for number OF years;
xhe then emigranted to lhe-Sta'e oil lodi,
ana some years, where he died. HIS
children, suppose, are come OF them
astll ljvjng in The State otlndlana. Mr.,
;aDadridge was an inli@a'eATlend Of my
iaher, and being atnan of marked fea-
sptures, | still retain distinct recollection
,!of his personal appearance. add that Ci
ihis family. The 6rslltimetl saw this
-zwomah was struck with her resem.
g1blsnce Of ,heDaldriage family. had
intended 10, have WI illen 10 some OF the
& family, bur nave neg egectedlt.
sThe oullne,cf the history Qf the cap
sature above mentioned, is something as
follows, if our recollection Of The story
is not al fault. fDIldridge was returning
60 his home, from aHhort absence, but
lust in. season to. see his dwelling in
fl.mes, and his wife and children in the
.ac, of being hurried Of by the hostile
4ndians. .He>wscs almost upon them be-
fore he v,s aware cI his danger, and his
vSsife moioned hig toAae for his life.
He had entered the little field that
surrounded ahe dwelling, and
high fence interposed between him
and The forest. Several Indians sp,ang
ioward him torGecufe. him, but being q
very athletic maa'he ieaped the fence
fHkea deer and oulstripped all hi, pur-
.=auers But hs@as ever after lonely
and disconsolsle mar, end spent much
,or his after life in endeayoring TO gain
his lost family. GFor this purpose he
visited after the peace, most OF the 10
.d'a,llibrsin ,he Mississippi valley, also
fCansda end 10 ascertain the truth oI
,eome repo,t, in fiuilless hope, he visit.
ID Scotland. sDAIdridse recovered some
,poTtion of his family, and we believe,
escer,sined, wheto others died, but OF
, ono ore OF his children he never heard
any ldings. dl lie highly probable thai
the parsonage above ref red 10 sS being
with the Winaebsgo Indians was one o.
them. Our kidd hearted friend, M.
H., converscd with her of her siluai1r
and tried 10 weon her from her Lresen
mode Of life. At first different ambI
ton seemed 10 tighten heI eye, and she
would often visit him clad in cleaner
blanket and with more gsudy moccasIn,
than was her went before; but she in
formed him, finally, that she knew Of no
other kindred OF people b. the ties Of
attachment eTcepf those with whom SHE
had always soourned and he'wished 10
iie down wirb them in her final rest
She is1emstkable smong the Indsns
for her temperance and for her disre.
gard of many Of their supers'i,ious rites
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