The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-02-08
Indian Female Nsines.

From a most interesting report to government
made by Hon l.. Lea, commissioner ON lnddn af
faifs We make the following extract, on the su /
jcct Of sthools
First class consists Of four-Mary Anpetu?yo
tcnkewin, Marian Robertson, Sarah Wawiyohze
Resale Anghee; read the Scriptures both in Da
kota and English write legibly, ard study Mental
Arithmetic. Two of them have read through Ne
Guffey's Second Reader
"Second class thrccs Nanny Winegiwin, Fanny
Heplsiuld, Meggi Suelvenkewn; read IN Dakota
WowaPlweken, and spell and read in Towns Fir.
Reader, in English and are learning to write.
Third class, tonr-SopiNa WagnIncpewin, Phe
be Tenycnhiyegewin, Margaret Culbrrt,on, ilaper
Ten he, read Wowapiwcken uEder-tandingly aud
arc learning to wrte
Fourth class nine-Cnkpc Meya Honzetuwin
Eda WuXtcmma, Wakcnlscoin. Morpiyagiwm
SlazaXinawn Caieyeta, Waxtevcta, Tcmke Wa.
kanhull, spell we'll and read Dakota Woorspc.
Fifth class, nine--Ocica, kotemkrhnekewin
Me-piyaoto, Den,re, Mespry yociceyewin, Konza
Jlun Susan WaXtcyenkewin, Zitkehezivin, are
learning TO spell most Of them spell readily in
words Of three or four letters
We add two paragraphs from the account Civ
en- by an Indian agent Of the Mexican captves
found among the Indians
"lcodora Martel, 10 or IL wears Of age, wa,
taken from the service of jose Alvards at La
Popes, near Saltillo, Mexico. by Apuches, two
years ago aud has remained the greater portion
Of the time on the west side of the Rio del Norte
He was bought by Fowler Sandove who also
reside, at the Moro; from the Apaches at Ague
Asule, near the Pecos river, in this territory in
February last. The payment for him was one
mare one rifle, one shirt one pair Of drawers, so
small packages ei powder some bullets, and one
buffalo robe. The boy was claimed by Diego
Sandoval, from whom received him lie knows
no relations
Rosalie Taveris, abou. 25 years of age, resided
IN AOnclOya, and was captured in November last
10y band Of Apaches and Camanches, within 2
days travel Of Moncloya. Her husband, Santa.
go Costellan and her daughter, 4 years old, were
killed at that time. Her mother, Etuedas Guer.
rls, lives in Monclova. She is known to Don Mi.
-uel Corteues, and Don Ramon Moseus, and was
bought from the Apachcs by Fowler Sandoyal, OF
the Moro, at Cerro Queso, in January last, who
paid for her two striped blankets ten yards blue
cotton drilling, ten yards calico, ten yards cotton
shlrtng, two handkerChlef1 four plugs Of tobacco,
one bag of corn, and one knife She is quite an
intelligent woman says that the band py whom
she was captured consisted of about so Indians,
who seized at the same time eight other captives,
strangers to her, and all but two, who sickoned
and died, (perhapS klIled,) were brought from
Mexico into this territory with her. She states
there are great number Of captives, at and near
La Ccrro Queso, all the men who are captured
are killed; parties of Apachcs and Camanches
are constantly going out and coming in with hor-
ses, mules sheep goats, cows, goods, money, and
captiyes, aud while at La Queso, she saw the
clothing Of an American man and boy, whom the
Apaehcs said they had killed. These captiyes
complain Of very cruel treatment, the woman es
pecally, who says she was spared but one hu
initiation