Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-26
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The Wild "Oman-Her Strang. Appearance-The Story
Of Her tapture-ROmabcr Realized.
[ tiron the Cinc,r.af, Co,,,,,.r,.ii,

The "iid Homan-Her Strange Appearance-Th. Story
Of Her Capture Romance Realized.
From the Cincinnati Commercial
i-tersy called at the United stat..s Hotel To ..
W. %e W" ""inan ot Wachita hountans."-Mr J. W
N"'t'""' her cap'or introduced Into the rom,
~"r- SIC - prisoner. We es.w a tall graceful E,rn.I
l"n"s ~litr girl, -cantly but neatly Ioih-J .t.n,n
-i'h tout rope about Ter ~ai,i AID attached IA, 1
post In, h'-t impression similar t thar al b,n,, m
H." pr'~rn'r IT iirtcc maniac
III" ''"d at the ioi OF t bed partially hiding behind
- d ~ "'ig i"~h b"t shh nervous un-as,e--, irOiu
o"~ i"', 10 the '.tlvf and staring h,,y upo, a. ,h
gr"a bright un~nkHg eyes, wd. k open. that riny
OF ~hit" surrounded the pupil ~cb nth the viii and
INTENSE glare ~ tl- oib gave - aud iriyhfi ,A
te'1" bene"'h TIE eyes ~-rr deep circles. shosiug
tai or physical. ' ''s
Her hAir ~a- long and thick hanging in heavy matted
masses and wry tanges about her f,. mex ,nd .hIt
even delicate, aud her eaturvs deridedy hand-om. Her
mouth l. small and timely foru.d her hp. tb and t,
nu' nghuN COMPRESSED aud b-r teeth even and Wilt.
ou' .'e was not that ~e could discover sny trace uf
humor ia her face and Informed by her cptor tb,t b
Ia d new seen her suni-.
The ~onan employed by Mr. Northcott To be at,.nd,u,
oi hts pet" he Gala her S.y. ,hat sbs h - ,I
sH look pleased, seemed be- amused but he, lin,
never cured ia snilc, and nothing like laugh ever
ionud uiteanee We need hardly saw that she do. M,
ik 10" only sign she makes with her mouth is a mum
olhg' moaning grumbhns with ~hich, when hungry or
THIRSTY size expresses desire To drink
But sometimes, her attendant -a,- III. looks with ,h
no-t animated curiosity at her the attendant and NJ
NOrihcOu whsn they talking in her presence AID
seems TO wonder ho~ they msk- such noises ~th their
Sul 'hey have not succeeded in inducing her
t-t' them Her nose l. haud-ome and her profile well
cut and striking but the only indication OF Character in
Is a kind OF untAn'rd audacity.
There l. uothng like tmidiiy in her looks only tho A..
cohposHte mingled With defiance winch CLEANS in tn. eve
OF panther The appearance of maniac which to our
eacr ste wore when We entered her apartment gradu-
all! passed away aud there soft,r expression d
oe'ng IKE set- glow OF intelligence her still WIND
Eve. B7'oning more composed. she sat down and her
nnre Ao request brushed back the angles of her b.ir
sho~ing her checks and forehead
These were tair. Tue cheek VA. thin bnt it, o,,I;,.
quite ~onany, and her brow and temples show ntectu
nhy OF no mean or common order Whatever she il or
A nave ovei she vas by nature gifted with capacities
Tor higher intelligence.
oF HER CAPTURE
Inc story VI her capture. related by Mr. Northcott i
qu'e re'n"' AAble La the Spring Of 1855 M. N with
party oi right gold hunt.rs, sjourning ir the Wa
cia Mountains, on branch of the Fal-e Wachita Rv.r
eaPTd near an extensive and almost npenetrabe thick
81 "e! we're gold seekers having bren attracted TIL
er hl false alarm that there gold in that region
Which our readers will remember had much newspan.r
t'Tculauot aud a. nearly could be calculated their
camp was three hundred miles distant from, the frontier
seeeit- oi Texas, and what is ainiliary called the
Camanche country. ~
One night in March, it his turn to watch and there
wa bright uneionded moonlight Iu the middle OF the
s e saw hgure apDi oaching that seemed 10 him To
Oe Oananche, aud he lay close aud at full length ON the
ground. The hgure approached. walking br,klv and
"th" twenty yards ut him, entered the thicket
ad he "a" 10y the moonlight that il was no Indian lt
young "Hite woman dressed in robe skins lie VA.
amazed beyond conception and told his companions of bs
hOoted at idea and that he
Had seen CAnanchr, and that they would no longer he al.
III tnAt locality and so next day they packed their mules
aud hurried of for Texas in spite OF entieaties They
were all green IN the lore of backwoodsmen but he had
spent twenty years the ironters and knew what he ~.
about 30 strung impression did this incident uak on
IN mind, that late this winter enlisted half DOZEN
a'iy fellows To accompany him. and forth on trip 10
ue " achits Mountains, hunt after the Wild woman
~ many difficulties encountered and the xe,tbs-
was 50 severe that all his one out
ne pressed forward oSever and early in March reached
TIE encanpment where he had the woman enter the
tckrt The first thi la order was to search the thick
et-and they we're not long in finding kind of den liz
Tie cave or rather long and az erure among the
Ucks Nhch he Nas convinced must be her hiding place
with this conviction h- waited and watched for her two
days and nights, when she came forth We saws that he
had been afraid 20 entr the den and that nov his first
care was 70 stop up tn mouth OF and for her TO
come back. "
After few hOurs she returned and took alarm ON OBJ
serving that her door iH the rocks closed against her
lie hAd Two dogs which he upon her and after run
ing about one hundred aud hitv yar. sh. turned bt
A. II confused in her st and fed towards the
lie ran :" meet her wit laso in his hand and as she
approached worried by the dogs he threw il over her
neck aud called of the dogs. and she giving snrIg
Jefkei hun to the ground and the second leap threw
herself the moose having about that time fastened about
her throat and choked her. He then tied her dnrpg
which operation she uttered such horrid scream. that G
hA stood upon his head and be had the most singular
aud awful feelings he ever experienced
fDun
hee ag' quantities OF ani berries aud roots such
a. could be gathered aud igged in that vicinity The
p'clil rut was kind Oi large red haws which were
therrabou very abundant aud she had Kind of nes u,
sleep IT, while everything indicated her utter solitude
The garment which she Wo-e WIS Of skins. queetly tied
together, with bits of leather and also With kind ot
me skins were those OF large animal neither Elk or
bunao MI Northcou Avs. sndth hunters could not tell
exactly from what manner Of beast they were taken IL
Vas hs opinion that size had found an animal dead or that
she might have been attacked bv and have ,n,s,erd 80
beast ~
But there il an air Of mprobabty about this that the
strange aud almost terrible reality of the woman herself
ioes not quite dspel' and We have not room here
no" 10 argue the point The garments were so strung
says h NJ that they protected the female from the teeth
O MS dogs FOR hve days after her capture bis pet re
eI 10 take "od but then plrook Of red haws She vas
hken the taer hundred miles intervening between her
den and the nearest civilized settlements in rayso oun
w. Texas with rope about her waist the ends Of which
~ere ~ the hands 'o himself and his ccmrade while the
uogs oHo"ed after. As soon he could procure IT, he
had hack So fixed TO make the body kind of CAGE
10 which he confined her and conveyed her safely until
ne hnaly got her IN steamboat She arrived here on
the steamer Hickman.
For time h, rejected al prepared food but now she
"ill eat almost anything that is offered that IL not very
salt or very sweet Mr. NOrthcott says bis great object
now - 10 ciys her learn her To talk and In hs., re-
story for he tuks he i sure that she has talked AZ some
day, and that she has dim notion Of having long AGO
been with toEs similar 10 those she nds herself with
lie impressed from observing her this is the fact
ana thnks that the presence OF civilized faces and being
20 houses etc ctc, has caused dormant memories 10
tuniy fcvivc Tie dishvuwsany intention to make spec.
uhion out Of her and says that he will only take money
from visitors ih1t he may use IL Tor her benefit
tie shrnks from examination on the subject and has
called several play scans 10 look At his strange pet II
ihis = hoaA. an t j. sonderlu that We arr not able
70 give luu rt'd the gir whose age H perhaps twen.
" s~o or th.c looks the character she i made to nor
senate 20 CO. umhely that the like was never before
heard OF or ifeamed We would have ,t thoroughly un.
u"I-vou uat thi- ~ no exaggerated puff OF showmsn
but plain aud sober narrative OF that which ~. s, and
"hch ~as Ia the utmost apparent good faith related 20 us
and which seems % be vcrtable realization Of Ro.
nance
SANowicH lsLANn Notc.No.-EStract frou a letter
from EdWard Everett merchant Honolulu dated March
18th, 10 lady Of Cincinnati,
Whom B. . rnlca-n a.-nL ono hnnLrrL ,-a ..-.-.-