Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-09-30
From the Sherbrook Canada Gazette 1
@ THE LOST GIRL FOUND, 5gfs sd'

! was lOSt III the WOODS on the lth OF Au rus
last, returned to her home on the 3lst, hay.
ing been absent 81 days. A friend il
Brompton has sent US circumstantal &C.
count OF her wanderings, ofthe efforts made
in her behalf, and her return home, from
which we condense the following state.
ments: r.H a
1t appears that on the 18th of August,
in company with two friends, she went
fishing on the North branch OF Windsor
brook: and that on attempting to return
she became separated from her companions,
who returned to her mothers, the widow
Campbell, expecting to find her at home.
Several of her neighbors searched for her
during the night without success. The
search wascontinued during Sunday, Mon
day and Tuesday, by some so or 60 indi-
viduals, and although her tracks, and those
of dog which accompanied her discover
ed, no tidings of the girl were obtained.
A general sympathy for the afflicted wi
dow and her lost daughter was excited, and
Notwithstanding the busy season ofthe year,
great numbers from Windsor and the neigh
boring townships of Brompton, Shipton,
Melbourne, Durham, Oxford, Sherbrooke,
Lennoxville, Stoke and Dudswell, turned
out with provisions and implements for
camping in the woods, in search of the fe-
male, which was kept up without intermis-
sion for about Ia days, when it was gener-
ally given up, under the impression that
she must have died, either from starvation
or the inclemency of the weather, it hav-
ing rained almost necessarily for nearly q
week of the time. 81 g a.
On the 31st her brother returned home
from Massachusetts,, and, with two or three
others, renewed the search, but returned
the second day, and found to their great Joy
that the lost one had found her way home
the evening previous.
On hearing of her return, our correspon-
dent made visit to widow Campbell, to
hear from her daughter the story of her
wanderings. She was found, as might be
supposed, in very weak and exhausted
condition, but quite rational, as it seems she
had been during the whole period of her
absence. From her story the following
particulars were gathered:
When first lost she went directly from
home down .Open Brooke" to meadow,
about mile distant from where she left her
companions, which she mistook for what is
allied the "Ozias opening" a mile distant
in the opposite direction. On Saturday
morning, knowing that she was lost, and
and having heard that lost persons ght
be guided by the sun, she undertook to fol-
low the sun during the day. In the morn
ing she directed her steps toward the East,
crossed the North branch, mistaking it for
"Cpen Brooke" and travelled, frequently
running, in a southeast direction, (her way
home was due North) seven or eight miles,
till she came TO the great hay-meadow, in
Windsor. There she spent the Sabbath night
and on Monday morning directed her course
TO, and thence down, the South branch in
the great meadow.
After this, she appears to have spent her
time, except while she was searching food
for herself and dog, in walking and running
over the meadow. and up and down the
South branch in search of her home, occa-
sionally wandering upon the highlands and
far down toward the junction OF thetwo
main streams, never being more than seven
or eight miles from home. ......
For several days, by attempting to fol-
low the sun, she travelled in circle, find
ing herself at night near the place which
she left in the morning. Although she Of
ten came across the tracks of large parties
Of men and their recently erected camps,
and knew that multitudes of people were
in search for her, she saw no living person
and heard no sound OF trumpet, or other
noise, except the report of a gun as she lay
by brook, early on Thursday morning, the
sixth day of her being lost. Thinking the
gun TO have been fred not more than a
half mile distant, she said she "screamed 4
ran' to the above place, whence she sup
posed the noise came, but found nothing.
Early in the day, however, she came to the
camp where this gun was fired, but not un-
til its occupants had left to renew their
search for her. This camp was about four
miles from the great meadow where she
spent the Sabbath previous. There she
found fire, dried her clothes, and found a
patridge's gizzard, which she cooked and
ate, and then lay down and slept, remain
ing about "a hours. ,at De- a-tas -sl -E
In her travels she came across several
other camps, some Of which she visited Sc
veral times, particularly one where she
found names cut upon trees, and another
in which was piece of white paper. Ex'
cept three or four nights spent in these
camps, she slept upon the ground, some
times making bed Of moss, and endeavor'
ing to shelter herself from the drenchins
rains with spruce boughs. For the first two
she suffered much from the cold, shiverins
all night, and sleeping but little. The las
week she said she had got s'toughened,
and did not shiver. When first lost she has
large trout, which was the only food sh'
ate, except choke-cherries, the first week
and part Of this she gave to her dog, whicl
remained with her for a week, day an,
night. The cherries, which she ate greed
lily, swallowing the stones, she found inju
red her health, and for the last two weel
she lived upon cranberries, checkberries an
}. wood sorrel. While the dog remained wit
her she constantly shared her food wit
, him, but said she was glad when he le
her as it was 20 much trouble TO find hi
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