Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-12-24
From he Portland Adratiser.
"WHITE JIM

Several notices have recently appeared in
the papers concerning Mr. Wilbur's having
recovered son, from the Indians,) who
had been lost 10 him more than 90 years,
bu: we believe the full particulars in regard
to the matter have not yet appeared in
print. aud have taken some pains to get al
them.
In the year 1927. the parents OF "Whiie
JIM" as he is called, resided in township
Letter b.. then almost in wilderness state.
Mr. w. had cleared up patch Of ground
for his house, and almost quarter Of mile
distant, field for grain. He had two
daughters, old enough TO be of service in
assisting their parents, aud child, named
after HIMSELF James 1.-THE chief subject Of
this narratise,) then two years and ten
months old. One day. early in September,
the two girls returned home after having
been at work with their father 10 the corn
field, aud inquired Of their mother what had
made James cry SO; they had heard him
scream "ihe booger man has got me-" but
lhoi nothing of il. supposing him with her.
The mother AT once became deadly pale I;
she had supposed the child safe with them
all the while. aud now flashed upon her the
painful conviction that be was lost in the
woods. II worse fate had not befalen him.
The nearest neighbors were Immediately
aroused, and search was made through the
woods. but without success; and for twelve
days did the sgonized parents and sympa-
thising neighbors continue their inquiries
and researches. but all 10 no purpose.
Il was concluded by some that despera-
do, half Indian, half white. by the name Of
Robbins. who spent his time in the snr-
rounding region, hunting, had killed the
child for the purpose OF batting his traps
with his body; aud as the same Robbins
was afterwards confined in prison for killing
two persons, iron which he escaped aud
was never afterwards heard off, there ap-
peared to be some foundation for this sun
position.
Still hope remained with the parents, and
the mother often stated her conviction that
she shosld again see her boy before she
died-and strangely at last has that convic.
tion been realized. But we will not get
ahead Of our narrative.
In the spring of 1916, the father (who
had meanwhile remosediio Bethel) heard
ih"N tHetc was Nullt uo| fcsiulup VIII Tue
Indians a, Nova Scotia. who might posi-
bly, he his child
Some four or Eve months since, the two
girls mentioned in The beginning OF these
statements, Then engaged IN one Of the fac
tories in Saco, saw young man among a
party Of Indians, who were then tarrying in
The neighb0rhood, who was so strongly en-
stamped with the lineaments Of their falnily
as 10 lead them to suspect he might be their
lost brother. BY conversation the suspicion
grew into certainly, and they at length made
bold 10 claim him.
He distrusied them. and got away as soon
as possible, and directly after the party Of
Indians among whom he resided, removed
from Saco. and took up their residence in
our vicinity. just the other side OF the Cape
Elizabeth bridge.
The girls wrote statement Of these facts
10 their parents, and the father at once
started OF for Saco bu, learning before he