The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-04-18

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them to her again. But her lost daughter,
aer darling Frances, was ever present in her
Thoughts. Like Rachel weeping for her
children she refused to be comforted and
entertained lively hope that she would one
day be restored to her arms again. Her
spirits seemed buoyed up withtbis hope, and
she lived 10 the anticipation of Of again see-
ing her and pressing her to her bosom,--
Days, months and years rolled on, and the
lamp of hope burned as brightly as ever
No tidings had ever reachedhe Of her child,
and all gave her up but her poor, heart
stricken mother. When peace was de-
clared, and many captives returned to their
homes and families, she sent two Of her sons
to Canada in search OF their long lost sister.
They sought her wherever there as the
slightest chance of her presence; they offered
rewards for her recovery, but all was in vain,
and they returned to their mother with the
1cheerless tidings, convinced of her DEATH
Not so with her. She felt satisfied that her
Frances still lived, and would not listen to
any other supposition. At length her, long
cherished hope seemed about to be realized;
awoman was found among the Indians. who
had been carried away when a child from
the Susquehanna, and she was sent for by
Mrs. Slocum who cherished her and endea-
vored to feel that her child was restored.-
But the invisible link which binds mother
to her offspringwas wanting, and the bereav-
ed mother was bereaved still. The foundling,
too. felt that she was not the long Tossed
and looked for daughter, and ultimately re-
turned to her Indian friends. Years rolled
on. Time had whitened the locks Of the
confding mothers with age; her sons had
passed The meridian Of life, and their child
rem had grown to manhood, ane yet still en-
tertained the belief that her Frances liy-
ed. At length she was called away to join
her husband in another world, and she
went "down to the grave mourning that
she was not permitted, this side Of the grave
to embrace her darling UvGi TTfscA
Some years after her death, when her
brothers were grey haired men, and when
all had ceused to entertain thought of the
lost sister, their feelings were aroused by an
announcement which placed beyond ques-
ticn the fact that she still lived, and re-
membered her former home and friends.---
An Indian agent in Ohio wrote to
the editor Of one Of the newspapers in
Pennsylvania, informing him that he had
seen and talked with white woman among
the Indians, who told him that her name
was Slocuni, that her father was Quaker,
and wore broad brimmed hat. That he
lived alta place ON the Susquehanna river,
which was near town where there was a
fort, and that she was taken from thence
while child by the Indians, This letter
the editor-who deemed the matter a hoax
threw among his waste papers, where il
laid for year or more, until his wife, one
day in looking them over, came across it,
Her sympathetic feelings were aroused, ant
she sentit to the Inlezigencer, in which il
was published. 1t happened that on &C.
count Of a temperance address It contained
an extra number was printed, one of which
found its way to Wyoming, and two broth
ers and sister Immediately started for the
West to find the long Tossed Frances
They found her, but oh, how changed!---
She was now an aged woman, with grand
children about her, and fast approaching the
grave. The interview which took place
between the long separated brothers an 3
sister was affecting in the extreme. She
informed them, though an Interpreter, (she
i had lost her native language.) that after her
capture she was treated in the most tender
manner by the Indians, who took her t
their towns, when she soon became attach.
ed to their rowing, romantic life, and came
to dread being discovered by her friends
When she grew up, and her foster parents
died she married ayoung chief Of the Della
wares, (the tribe to which her captors be-
longed,) and after his death she joined the
Miamis with her people, and married again
She had been widow now for manyyea
children and grand children were growing
up around her, and her life was passing
pleasantly away. She was comparatively
wealthy, having a large stock, and all the
rude comforts of Indian life in abundance
besides one thousand dollars ia spacie;
which she had saved from, the annuity which
as an Indian, she had drawn from the Gov
eminent. After spending several days. witt
her, her friends bade her . final FAREWELL
She died a few. years since, and was buried r.e
with considerable pQmp, as she was regard
edas,a queen among her peoplea.J - {
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