The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-05-06
A REmARKABLE NARRATIVE.

MT. Wifiiam Basiy, formerly OF LyGhsiiie,
Ogle County, in this State, called upon Us
| and related the following thrilling and re-
| marksble narrative. From his description Of
places and thinss- sAieh he saw, We are per-
fec,iy satisfied that his siatemens is correct
in every respect. A gentleman from this ci.
ty, who has Travelled over the country he de-
scribes, assured us that no person who had
not visited these places ard witnessed what
he describes, could svsr have related what
he related. He converses in several different
Indian languages, aud appears 10 have paid
close attention to what he saw passing around
HIM, during bis sojaurn among the savases.
He looked we'll and hearty, and with the ex-
ception Of his hands being Torn ny some
wounds from tomahawk, he seems to have
su ffered no damage. Hs left on The cars last
evening for Logan County, where his moth:
er resides.
Mr.. Baily LEFT here tome eighteen months
ago with a party of nine persons TO engage
in driving teams from the Gulf of Mexico
to The Rio Grande. They landed at Indianola
and hired 10 a man by The name OF Ross to
drive team for him. they drove to Nuces
river, and campsd there. While ASLEEP their
m ules were stolen BY The Indians. They pre-.
pared the next day 10 follow them, and came
up with them at sunset They saw six In
dians, fred aud killed them all, when they
were attacked by abou. three hundred, who
were scattered in the woods, and who imme.
diately fired on the white men, killed all but
Mr.. Baily, whom they took prisoner. They
then took him back to the wagons, which
they pIundsred of all the arms and ammuni.
lion in them. They took two boxes OF Gov
enment, Colts rsvolvers and twenty kegs
of powder. The prisoner was stripped of all
his clothing, and bound hand anj foot upon
pony. They then started for their encamp-
msnt ir The Wtchalaw mountains. which
place they reached after eleven days hard
riding. !
rhvy remained iaesrnp shout week, and
then started on robbing expedition TO attack
a train on The Santa Fs road. They remain.
ed about five days waiting when merchant
train came alorg. They proceeded 10 sur.
prise the train, and killed every person with
it, took the goods and mules belonging to
the train and started for the Kickapoo settle.
ment, traded off the mules for ponies and re-
turned 10 The Wtchaiaw Mountains.
! The prisoner was kept strictly confined du-
| ring The night with pieces of raw hide, by
the hands, to limb of . Tree, as nigh up as
he could reach and stand on the ground
During the day he was allowed TO lie down
and sleep few hours During ehe time MIR.
Bailey was with them they went on five rob-
bing expeditions, taking him always along
with them. The last merchants train they
robbed they took Two men prisoners who had
braveIy defended themselves till their weap.
ons were all discharged, aud who had killed
twelve OF the red skins. These two were
then taken and tied to stake and skinned
alive. Mr.. Bailey was placed close to them
and compelled 10 witness this horrible scene.
Every time be would close his eyes, they
would punch him with spears and bayone,s
until he would open them, and look on this
picture OF revolving horror. They then took
The skin reeking with warm blood, and slap
| ped him around the face with it, covering
him with blood, and telling him il he tried
10 escape. this should be his fate.
One of their excursions was against the
United States mail wagons, They killed the
five men with them, tore open the letters, got
out The money, and after cutting ou, the pic.
ture from the bank bills, threw them away
They kept ell the newspapers that had any
pictures in them, throwing everything awa ay
tha, was not embeHsAed..
For three nights sttss ta;s they did no, lie
him up, but kept quad over him. Ths third
night they had big war dance, and in the
excitement forgot Mir. Bailey. While dane
ing around their fire in front of the tent, he
crawled out under the back of-the tent seiz-
ed one of the ponies and escaped. He was
soon missed, and was followed for five days.
At the expiration Of that lime they came so
close on him that they fred at him, which
obliged him to leave his horse and take to
the mountains. Fortunately, he found a
small cave jus. large enough to crawl in'o,
in which place he remained for day and
a half, the Indians being SO near him that
he could hear their footsteps as they search
ed for him.
He remained in this position until he was
assured his pursuers had left, when he
emerged from his concealment, and made
a straight shoot for the Kickapoo settlement,
about 500 miles distant. In about month
he reached the longed for point, where he
hoped to find friends and assistance. Nor
was he disappointed in this. He was kind.
ly furnished food and clothing by the Kick
apoos. He had subsisted for the whole
month previous to this, on birch roots, which
he dug with his hands on his lonely march.
While with the Camanches he was fed on
the raw horse flesh. Not very pleasant
diet, truly. Tue Kickapoos treated him very
kindly, and showed him on bis long journey
TO civilization,