The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-06-07

Hotel to see the "W'ild Woman of Wachi,a
Mountains" Mr.. j. w. G. Northcott, her
captor, introduced us into the room where
she was prisoner. We saw tall, grace
fully formed, young white girl, scantily but
neatly clot he'd, standing with stout rope
about her waist and attached to bed post.
Tn" first impression Was similar to that OF
being in the presence Of a fierce maniac. She
stood at the foot Of the bed, partially hiding
behind it and rocking slowly but with nory-
Gus uncasiness, from one foot to another. and
staring iixodly upon us, with great bright
unwinkng eyes, 50 widely opened that a
ling of white surrounded the pupil. which
with the wild and intense glare of the orb,
gave ii a strange and frShtful expression
Beneath the eyes were deep circles, showing
long continued and excessive excitement OF.
cXertlon, mental or physical. Her hair was
long and thick, hanging in heavy matted
masses and wiry tangles about her face, neck
and shoulders, and Of u dark brown color.
Her complexion was fair, even delicate.
and her features decidedly handsome. Her
mouth small and finely formed; the lips thin
and rcd. but tightly compressed, and her
teeth even and white. But there was not,
that we could discover, amy trace Of hu.no1
in her face, and we were informed by her
captor that he had never Seen her smile.
There is not line in her face to indicate
any human passion, the only organ Of express
SION being her eve, and that does not seem to
seek or even to have known human .synpa-
thy. The woman employed by Mr.. North
colt to he the attendant Of his pet" as he
calls her, says that she has seen the girl look
CT pleased. even seem to be amused, but her
lips never cuiled i'll a smile, and nothing like
pntrl,
hardly say that she does not talk.
The only sound she makes with her mouth
is kind Of numbling, moaning, or srumb-
ling, with which, when hungry Or thirsty
she expresses desire to cat or drink. But
sometimes, her attendant says, she looks
with the most animated curiosity at her Che
attendant) and Mr.. Northcott when they are
talking i'll her presence, and seems to wonder
how they make such noises with their mouths
but they have not succeeded in inducing her
10 initiate them. Her nose is handsome and
he, profile we'll cut and striking; but the only
indication Of character in it is Il kind. Of u,i-
tanned audacity. There is nothing like TIM
idlty in her looks, only the discomposurc
mingled with defiance which CLEANS in the
eye Oft he panther.
The appearance Of a maniac, which, to
apartment, gradually passed away, and there
was a softer expression, and something like
Il gentle glow Of intelligence in her still vivid
eye. Becoming more composed, she sat
down, and her nurse, at our request brushed
back the tanslcs OF her hair, showing her
checks and forehead. These were fair The
check was thin, but its outlines quite woman
ly, and her brow and temples SHOW intclcc-
tuallty Of no mean or common order What
ever si!e is. or may have been, she was by
nature gifted with capacities fol higher in
tclllgtnCe.
STORY or TER CAPTURE.
The story Of her capture, related by Mr..
Norlhcott, is quite remarkable. In the
spimg Of 1850, Mr.. N, with party Of eight
gold hunters, was sojourning in the Wachlta
Mountains, on Il branch OF the False Wacnila
River, cainptd near I'll extensive and almost
lmpcneuabIe th.ckct. They were gold seek
.rs, having been attracted lhlhcr by false
alarm that there was gold in that region,
which our readers will remember had much
newspaper circulation and as nearly as could
be calculated, their camp was three hul0 cd
miles distant from the frontier settlements Of
Texas, and i'll what is Familiarity called the
Camanchc country.
One night i'll March, it was his turn to
watch, and there WAS bright, uncloudcd
moonlight. In the middle of the night he
saw figure approaching that seemed to him
To be Il Camauche, and he lay close and at
full length ON the ground. The figure APP
preached, walking, brskly, and passing
vi thin twenty yards Of him, entered the
thlcket, and he saw by the moonlight that it
was no Indian, but a young white woman,
dressed in robe Of skins. lie was amazed
beyond conception, and told his companions
OF his discovery, but they hooted at the idea;
and contcndcd that he had seen Camanche,
and that they would no longer be safe in that
locality, and so next day they packed their
mules and hurried oil fol Texas in spite of
cntrratles. They were all green in the lore
OF backwoodsnen, but he had spent twenty
years Oh the frontiers, and knew what he
was about. So strong an impression did this
incident make on his mind, that late this
winter he enlisted half a dozen hardy fellows
to accompany him and set forth on a trip to
the Wachlta Mountains, on hunt after the
wild woman. So many difficulties were en-
counterod and the weather was so severe that
all of his companions but one backed out.
lie pressed forward, however, and carly in
March reached the cncampmcnt where he had
seen the woman enter the thIckct
The first thing i'll order was to search the
thlckct, and they were not long in finding
KIND OF den, a little cave, or rather u long and
narrow aperture among the rocks, which he
was convinced must be her hiding place.
With this conviction, he waited and watched
Tor her two days and nights, when she came
forth. lie says that he had been afraid to
enter the den, and that now his first care was
to stop up the mouth of It, and wait for her
to come back. After few hours she return
cd, and took alarm on observing that her
door in the rocks was closed against her. lie
had two dogs, which he set upon her, and
after running about one hundred and fifty
yards she turned about. as if confused in her
fright, and fled towards the cave. He ran to
meet her with a lasso in his hand, and as She
approached. worried by the dogs, he threw it
over her neck and called off the dogs, and she
giving spring, jcrkcd him to the ground,
and at the second leap threw herself, the
moose having by that time fastened about
her throat and choktd her He then tied her.
during which operation she uttered such hor
rid screams that the hair stood up ON his
head and he had the most singular and awful
feelings he ever experienced. After securing
the girl, he entered her den, and found there
large quantities of nuts and berries and roots,
such as could be gathered and diggcd in that
vicinity. The principal fruit was a large
kind of red haws, which were thcrca bout veiy