Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-11-10

WHITE. JIM


cd ~ The ial-fs concerning Mr. " H.
bur's having recovered son. from
The Indians Who Lad teen lost To hun
mote than 20 years, bat wcbcii.vc the
iul4 Particulars IA regard io the matter
have not Yet APPEARED IN prln,, aud
have taken some l1ius t. e, ~ them.
H. The year l>27, the parents Of
White jan ~ be IS called, resided ~
township I,uof B, then almost "a
wilderness state Nr " had e., AIRED
up a patch Il ground for hls house.
and q 'most q quarter ct m,io distant
a.'l lot gram Observation-Disclosures,
o'l enough 60 l., Of service m assisting
lh,if PARENTS, and child. named after
himself James lthc chief subject of tins
uuifallvc,l ihcn two years and ten
az Nulhs Old One day, early IN Scptcm
her. ihc tWogifls returned home after
lu ~ Dccu at work Wltil their father
"a the cOiu.iicld, and inquired OF Their
mother what had made James cry 50
they had heard hun scream the boo1
- uan has got M, bat thot nothing
e.. ID, su, V,lng a.4n y. .c. iut
n.oluct otoncc BECAME deadly pale
she had SUPPOSED the child safe with
them all the whIlc. aud now ilashct,
upon h the painful convection TIA,
hc was lost III the woods, Ma worse
tate had not bclalicn han
The nearest ncighbors were lmmc-
d,a,cly aroused, and search was made
: through the woods, bat without sue
cr,s aud for twelve days did til az
oni1cd parculs u synpathi>Ing nciIh.
lot> continue ihcir inquiries and re-
searches. tat ali 10 40 purpose.
Il was finally concluded hy some
, thai 4 Desperate, half Indian, hai
Whlt, Is the name Of Robbins, who
800 has time III the surrounding re
eiot. hunting had killed the child Tor
The purpose .! batting his traps with
has BODY and as the same Robbins
was Afterwards confined III prison TOT
hll,ung two persons, iirom which he
: escaped and was never ai,crward,
heard 81 there appeared to BE- SONG
foundation Tor this suppositlon
stu hope remained with the patents
anl the mother often stated her con
vlcuon that She should again see hcI
boy before She dlcd and strangely
at .a,t ..a, u.uN { hyiction Teen real
ilcd. But We VIII not get ahead OF
oui nafratiNc.
In the sprinc OF 1916, the father whC
had meanwhile removed 10 Bethel
heard that there was white boy re-
siding with the Indians al Nova SEQ
ma Whomlslt possibly be hls cnld
}. Some tour or NV months SINCE, th'
two girls mentioned IN the begnnln.
' OF these statements, then engaged II
one Of the factories IN Saco. saw
young among q party OF indians
who were then tarryIng III the ncish
torhooi, who wa, 50 strongly Ell
stamped with The llucanonis of thcl
family. rs 10 lead them to suspect l.
!. M shi b Their lost brothcr BY con
y,rsalon the suspicion grew INTO cc'
iainly, aud they at length made Dol
10 clam hm.
lie dlsuu,lel them, and got ava
rs soon as possible, and directly aft,
ii. the party Of Indian, among whom Il
resided, removed from >aco, and too
up then residence IN our vicinity, Ju
the other SIDE Of the Cage Elzabci
=. bridge.
1'hc gltls wrote 4 statement oi'hci
.ac. 10 thor paf,.i., "nG $40 .a'h'
"a, once started oil Tor Saco bui.lcari
ing before he arrived there, that II
Indians had removed 10 il.s n,ighbo
hood, hc changed ms course, aud can
hthcr.
rs lhr inst person lac called upon lao
90 was M, SWEET, toll keeper Of the ne
bridge aud to him he related the ia
$. ucuar> of has business. MIR. :. ~
well informed as to the habits and +
rulautIcS of the Indians and told Il
~, OLD man that II white James was h
SON. d, would probably Illustrate q
90. hIs hopcs of recovering hum If lie We
{ directly there aud claimed HIM Mr.
knew Jlmc, well had purchased Ia
kcis ui ham duriug former scasc
when the Indians were residing AT lh'
present location F., aud he proposed III
be- should ma .ior lum The cd -cui
man a>>culcd, and q message was -
J, toihc youuymlu o;l,l>lNy .ucrmu
tine purchase 81 >ou.D hn,bcts. Jan
came. uul Nj SWEET. after bargmnlI
fora lotof ha,h,'>. toLau quc,iiunN
hun a, 10 hi, history H. IoajlIy
,ru,i that ho was stolen from
white lacA,s hy the Indians n'tii