Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1856-06-28

We should have heard It from citizens Of Grayson
county, through which the romantic pet is rep,
resented to have passed after her capture. We
should like to hear from some friend there on the
subject
From the Chciunau Commercial,
The Wild woman---Her Strange Appearance
1.-The Story other Captwe---Romance Real.
ized,
Yesterday we called nj the United States
| Hotel 10 see the "Wild Woman Of the Wichi.
tn Mountains" Mr.. ]. w. C. Northcott, her
caplor, introduced us into the room where she
is a prisoner We saw a all, gracefully form.
ed, young white girl, scantily bur neatly cloth.
ed, standing With stout rope about her waist
and attached to n bed post The first impress
sion was similar to that Of being IN the pres
ence of fierce maniac. She stood ct the front
Of the bed partially hiding behind it, and rock
! ing slowly but with nervous uneHsnesS from
orc foot TO the other, and staring fXedly upon
us with great bright unwinking eyes, so wide
| lv opened that ring of white surrounded the
pupils, which, with the wild Had intense glare
of the orb, gave It n strange and Irghtlul eN-
preston. Beneath the eyes were deep circles,
showing long continued aud excessive excite
.memt or excrtion, mental or physical. Her
hair was long and thick, hanging in heavy
matted masses and wiTy tangles about her lace,
.nec! and shoulders, and in color dark brown.
Her complexion was fair, even delicate, and
her features decidedly handsome. Her mouth
is finely formed, The lips thin and red, but
tightly compressed, and her teeth even and
white. But there was not, that we could DIS
cover, any trace of humor in her face, and we
were informed by her coptor that he had never
seen her smile. There is not a line in her face
10 indicate any human passion, the only organ
OF expression being her eye, and that does not
seem to seek, or ever to have known, human
sympathy.
The woman employed by Mr.. Northcoit 10
be the attendant of his "pet,' as he calls her,
saws that she has seen the girl look pleased,
even seem to be amused. but her lips never
curIed in a smile, and nothing like laugh
ever found ulterance.
We need hardly say she docs not mik.--
The only sound she makes with her mouth is
a kind Of mumbIng, moaning, grumbIing, with
which, when hungry or thirsty, she expresses
n desire to eat or drink. But sometimes, her
attendant says, she looks with the most ANNA
ted curiosity at her (thr atendan) and North
colt, when they are talking in her presence
and seems to wonder how they make such
noises with their mouths, but they have not
succeeded in inducing her TO initiate them
Her nose is handsome, and her profile well cut
land striking, bat the only indication of cbarac-
ter in il is kind of unfnmed audacitv. There
is nothing like timidity in her looks, only the
discomposure, mingled with defiance, which
CLEANS in the eye of the panther
The appearance OF maniac, which, to our
81, ,b, rI,, hpr
mcnt, gradually passed away, and there was a
softer expression and something like gentle
glow of intelligence IN her still Vivid eye. Be-
coming more composed, she sat down, and her
nurse at our request brushed back the tangIes
of her hair, showing her cheeks and forhead.
These were fair The cheek was thin but its
!outnes quite womanly, and her brow and
temples show intellectually of no mean or
been, she is by nature gifted with capacities of
high intelligence.
STORY OF HER CAPTURE.
The story Of her capture, related by Mr..
Northrott, is quite remarkable. In the spring
of 1855, Mr.. ~, with a party of eight gold
: hunters, Was Soouroing in the Wachita noun
tains on branch of the False Wachita river,
) camped near an extensive and almost impene-
trabIe thicket They were gold seekers, hav.
ing been attracted thither by false alarm that
: there was gold in that region, which our read.
i, ers will remember had much newspaper circu.
! lation and, as nearly could be calculated
their campw is three hundred miles distant
: rom the frontier settlements of Texas, in what
is famiarIy called the Camanche county,
One night in March, it was his turn to watch,
,, and there was bright, unclouded moonlight. la
the middle of the night he saw figure ap-
: preaching that seemed to him 10 be Canaan
I, che, and he lay close and at full length upon
the ground.
: The figure approached walking brisky, and
passing within twenty yards Of him, entered
!, the thicket and he saw by the moonlight that
it was no Indian, but young woman dressed
in robe of skins. He was amazed beyond
conception and told his compa Mons of his dis.
u coverv but they hooted at the idea and con.
tended that he had seen Camanche, that they
would no longer be safe in that locality, and 50
: next day they packed their mules and hurried
= off for Texas, in spite of entreatles. They
D were all green in the lore oI backwoodsmen,
but he had spent twenty years on the frontiers
; and knew what he was about.
u So strong an impression did this incident
y make en- his mind that late this winter he en-
y listed half dozen hardy fellows TO accompany
. him and set forth on a trip 10 the Nachlta
mountains on hunt after the wild woman.
So many difficulties were encountered, and the
I weather was so severe, that all his companions
, but one backed out. He pressed forward, how
: ever aud early in March reached the encamp-
: ment where he had seen the woman enter the
: thicket. The first thing in order was to search
the thlcket aud they were not long in finding
KIND OF den, little cave, or rather long
. and narrow Aperture among the rocks, which
ne was convinced must be her hiding place
With this conviction he waited and watched
, for her two days and nights, when she came
forth. He says that he had been afraid to enter
the den, and that now bis first care was 10 sion