The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-06-26
Miss Olivc sbasma ..sMsercsstUG Naera
tive OF her O,apsAvlsy,

j., Miss OltVc sDusM d. ..ossse resting Naera
tive 81 hrr Capsavisy.
! Several weeks ago W. gave All acrount lcop-
/ icl iron a san Francisco palsr) ~ the rescue
/ of Young white girl, Miss Olive Oaiman from
! the Mohayr Indians The Los Angri,S Mar
| gives the anne xcd interesting narrative Of Miss
| oa,manS captivity among the Apachcs and
subsequently, the Mohavm. II appears that
her jciepcloss situation wins entirvly respected
during her p~lcncc among the Indians Aftcr
her release was effected she travrlssl on foot
,hre hundrd milcs, IN ten days 10 ~ Yuma.
accompanied onl, by the Indian guide. Fran.
cisco three days Of which they w,rr entirely
| without foosi ot any kind
so much interest has ben maniir~,rsl IN thu
| story oi the captivity of Olive Oatnan, that
We visited her n few DAYS since. WHEN she gave
! VA nm Intelligent ac,ouat al her adyeuiur,~.
which IL here embodied. This account We oh
I famed only by asking questions, Us her timidity
and want ot confidence prevented her from
| giving the details unassistcd Her faculties
have been somewhat impair,sl hy her way Of
| lic, bu, her friends assur,i IA that IN the short
time she had been among them she Ind made
yer, lrroptibr Improvement
| The Oaimans started from Iowa. IN company
with the family of Mr. Thompson. with whom
/ they travchd as far nj 1ucssin, ~ tSonofit.
where Mr.. T. resolved TO lay by. 10 recruit his
cattle and wait 4 other trains To come up. 10
~ To insure the safiy of the road by numbcrs
l'ui the OatmaDs pushed On. impatient To get
through, and met their hate on the CHA. about
two hundred miles from the Colorado.
Olive is rather q pretty g,rl. with u ski0 as
fair ns most prrsons who have cros-ei the
plains Her h,cc is disfgur,si by ta,oo,d lines
on the chin running oiliqucly and rrrrndicu-
lary itom her meath. Her arms were also
marked IN u s,,nllar manner 10y one straight
line on cnch The operation consisted IN pune.
turing the skin aud rubbing dye " palver-
iz,yi charcoal into the wounds
II was about sunsct when the attack was
made. which resulted In the capture of herself
aud her little sister, Mary Ann. Olive was
thirteen, and Mary Ann seven years of ayr.
Tho Indians stripped her II her shos~ and n,ar
ly oil her clothing ng--hcr sister had no sbocs On
NJ the time and they started ~ with the
speed of horsca In n northcrly direction into n
mountainous region. They Travelled all night
withon, rca,ing AZ noon next day they stop
ped lew minutes "a breathe. nnd then hurried
on again ,Ill night fall. ~henk,hey came into
camp. She thinks they Travelled hundred
miles She wns barefoot. and the sharp stones
laccra,cl her tvt, and her blood sprinkletl the
whole distance. Whenever she Jagged they
would come behind her aud beat her. Ia urge
her on Her sister soon gave out, hut being
small, the indiars carried her In their arms.
The reason of their bnrrying no rapidly, wins
tear lcs, they might bc ypursuci. The clothes
lcit a. her were worn out. abd i,il hoR her
back IN two wsks. and then she matted 10,
gcthcr the barb Of trsa. aud tied II around
her person like the Indians II wnS u slight
covering, hut II did not leave her entirely ex-
posed.
AIMING these Apachcs Olive snppores they
renamed o,m year. Al any rate. the airm
kind ol season returned M that when nbe ar
rived Time among the Indians IL not noted
! lf they note II nt all II ,s only by moons The
county wins mountainous. and barren ~ grass
~ timber The Indians live ip the small val
| Icya The girls were treated cruelty by thesc
Indians They were ovtrtaskr,i, and when
they cosld not understand whst was said 10
them, they wefr bcatcr. There wns no timber
nor running stream. The only fuel 10 be had
was scattered sagc bushes and WHEN u rsinpi
the water would rollcct in the holes u the
rocks. and these two little girh wcr compelled
to pack all the wond aud water from long dis
ianceH upon their backs. They t'lt themselves
To br slaves The Indians told them they
should never rec their friend. again, anil con
ceaIsi them ~ much ~ pUsibe There Was
no snow. but they suffered from the cold IN the
winter. Ihe Mollav,S and Apachvs were friends,
aud soDctim's visited each Oibrr. II was dur.
ing one ni ,hesg vists ihaJ the Mohave~ iArpd
Of 'h'se cap,iyes and offered TO purchase them
The Apaches cons~n'el, and received In es
change ew pooSls 0i beads. two horsss and
two blaDkeir. They were ten days travelling.
like horsv. M sh d"srribs w. 10 the Mo
have Villages barefoot spd over rough noun
famous country, eaeh day stopping short
time al noon 10 rest She thinks they trnycl'd
3JO miles In northwest direction On this
journey they ate nothing until the fourth day,
when they rc'r'ivcd piece of meat about ~
large ~ hr hand and this kept them alive
There was no roots or tsrrirs anil they dared
not aak the Indians fm food The Indians
would kill such game as came IN ihrir why hut
they did no, on,r IL TO their cnptivcs She d.
--rilsr them ~ bing too laxy 70 exert them
.ve- 10 procure food. and only killing such
ynmo NJ chauce brouvhs to them Her days
had thus lar lsen darn, and She was almost
ready 10 despair. Not aB srt of kindness, nor
a word of of.ynpathy OF hope l,ni been addressed
10 her hy hsr cnptOrs, who treated her aud icr
sister a. slaves.
Arrived among the Mohasss. tbs chiei, " HON
she calls fspannssy. took tlrm into his own
family and they wcry ireatssl In every respect
az his own children. The blankets were given
n them for covering food was divisisi with
tb1n; tbcy weYe not Obliged 10 labor, hat did