Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-03-31

again. But her lost daughter, her darling
Frances, was over present In her thoughts :
Like Rachel weeping for her children, she
refused 10 be comforted, and entertained
lively hope that sho would Quo day be resto
red 70 her arms again. Her spirits buoycd
up with this hope. and she lived In the antici'
patton OF again seeing her aud pressing hei
to her bosom. Days. months and years rolled
on and tho lamp Of hope still burned az
brightly rs over. No tidings had ever reach
cd her OF her child aud all gave her mp but
her poor hoart. stricken mother. When
peace was declared, and many captives 70.
turned TO their homes and families, she sent
two Of hor sons TO Canada in search OF their
long lost sister. They sought her wherever
there was tho slightest chance OF her pres
ence they offered rewards for her recovery
but all in vain. and they returned TO their
mother with the chcerless tidings, convinced
Of her death. Not so with her. She FELT
would not listen TO any other supposition.--.
Al length her ong-chershod hope seemed
about TO be realized woman was found
among the Indiahs, who had been carried
away when child from the Susquehanna,
and sho was sent for by Mrs, Slocum, who
cherished her and endcavorcd TO feel that her
child hnd been restored. But tho Invisible
link which binds mother 10 her offspring
was wanting, and the bcreave mother was be.
reaved still. The founding, too, fclt that she
was not the long lost aud looked FOR daugh-
ter. aud ultimately returned TO her Indian
friends. Years rolled on. Time had viii.
tened the locks OF the conRding mother with
age her sons had passed tho meridian Of
life. and thcifchildren had grown TO manhood,
and yet she still entertained the belief that
her Frances lived. At length she was called
away to join her husband In another world,
aud she went "down into the grave mourning"
that she was not permitted, this side Of the
grave. TO embrace her darling.
Some years after her death. when her sons
were grcy-hnrod men, aud when all had cea.
scd TO entertain n thought OF tho lost sister,
their feelings were aroused by an announce.
mcnt which placed beyond question tho fact
that she still lived. aud remembered her FOR.
mer homo and friends. An Indian agent in
Ohio wrote 10 the editor Of one OF the news.
papers in Pennsylvania, informing him that
he had seen and talked with white woman
among the Indians, who told him that her
name was Slocum, that her father was q
Quaker. and wore broad.rimmcd hat. That
he lived at place on tho Susquchanna river,
which was near a town where there was q
fort and that she was taken from thence
while n child. by the Indians This letter the
oditor--who deemed the matter n hoaN--
threw among his waste papers. where il laid
for year or more, until his wife, one day, in
looking them over. came across IL, Her
sympathetic feelings were aroused, and she
sent Il TO the Inteiigencer, in which Il was
published. II happened that, on account Of
temperance address IL contained, an extra
number was printed, one Of which found its
way TO Wyoming. Tho two brothers and a
sister immediately started for tho West 10
find tho long lost Frances, They found hcr
but Oh how changed She was now an aged
woman. with grandchildren about her and
last approaching the grave. The interview
which took place between the long separated
brother and sister was affecting IN the eX.
tremc. She informed through an Interpreter
she had lost her native languagc.l that after
her capture she was treated In the most ten.
der manner by the Indians, who took her to
their town, when she soon became attached
TO their rowing, romantic life, and came 10
dread being discovered by her parcnts,---
When she grew up, aud her foster parents
died. she married : young chief Of the Della
wares, (the tribe TO which her captors he.
longcd,l and amer his death she iolned the
Miamis with her people, and married again,
She had been widow now for many years,
children aud grandchildren were growing up
around her, aud her life was passing pleasant.
" away. She was comparatively wealthy
having large stock, and all the rude com.
forts of Indian life In abundance, besides one
thousand dollars IN specie which she had sa,
we'd from the annuity which, AS an Indian.
sho had drawn from Government Aner
spending several days with her her friends
babe her hnal farewell She died few
years since, aud was buried with considerable
pomp, as she was regarded Us a queen among
her people,