The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1857-04-30

attack train on tue Santa Fe road. They
remained about Ave days waiting when a
merchant train came:aloug. They proceed
ed TO surprise the train. and killed every
person with it, took the goods and mules
belonging TO the train, and started for the
klckapoo settlement, traded off the mules
for ponies, and returned to the Witchataw
mountains. FFesf
ihe prisoner was kept strictly confined
during the day, and was lied up every night
with pieces of raw hide, by the hands to a
limb of a tree, as high up ms he could reach
and stand on the ground. Drring the day
be was allowed to lie down and sleep few
hours. During the tme-that Mr.. Baily was
with them they went ou five robbing expe-
ditions, taking him always along with them.
The last merchant train they robbed they
took two men prisoners who had bravely
defended themselves till their weapons were
all discharged, and who had killed, twelve
OF the red skins. These two were then ta-
ken and tied to stake and skinned alive.
Mr.. Baily was placed close to them and
compelled to witness this horrible scene.
Every time he would close his ewes, they
would punch him with spears and bayonets
until he would open them, and look on this
picture OF revolving horror. They then took
the skin recking with warm blood, and slap
ped him arourd. the face with it, covering
him with blood, and telling him if he tried
to escape this should be his fate. .. .ss
One of their excursions was AGAINST the
United States mail wagons. They killed
the five men with them, tore open the let.
tiers, got out the money, and after cutting
out the pictures from the bank bills, threw
them away. They kept all the newspapers
that had any. pictures in them-throwinp
everything away that was not embelished.
For three nights after this they did not
tie him up, but kept guard over him. The
third night they had big war dance, and
in the excitement they forgot Mr.. Baiiv.
While dancing around their fire iu font OF
their tent, he crawled ont under the back 1
the tent, seized one of the ponies and escap-
ed. lie was soon missed, and followed for
five days. At the expiration of that time thew
came SO close on him that they fired at him.
which obliged him to leave bis horse, and
take to the mountains. Fortunately, he
found a small cave, just large enough to
crawl into, in which place he remained for
day and half, the Indians being SO near
that he could hear their footsteps as they
searched for him. ....
He remained in this position until he was
assured his pursuers had left, when he
emerged from his conceament and made n
straight shoot for Kickapoo settlement.
about 600 miles distant. In about a month
he reached the Ionge6 for point, where he
hoped to find friends and assistants. Nor
was he disappointed in this. He was kind.
ly furnished food and clothing by the Kick
apoos. lie had subsisted, for the whole
month previous to this, on birch roots, which
he had dug with his hands, on his lonely
march. While with the Camanches he was
fed on raw horse flesh. Not very pleas
ant diet, truly. The K;ckapoos treated him
very kindly, and showed Eim on his long
journey to civilization. sy ....r.
After leaving them, four days journey
brought him to the Chickasaws' camp. from
whence he proceeded to the Choctaw nation,
who treated him in the kindest manner,
lie journeyed on to the Shawnee nation.
where he was welcomed to the best they had
in their lodges. Leaving them, he next
reached the Cherokees, and then made for
Missouri, which State he made some twenty
miles north of the Neosho. From thence he
came to St. Louis, and then to this city, hay
ing travelled constantly and steadily on foot
for over two months. ..,..T.. -.
AS stated before, he left here last evening
for Logan county, where he has a mother
anxiously y waiting his return. Mr.. Baily is
a young man, about twenty-five years of age,
and born on the 4th OF July, our national
day of Independence. He says he is au in
dependent man, but he did not feel so at
the time he was Witnessing the horrid mur-
der of his fellow men among the savages of
the Far West. After eighteen months
hardships and privalions, he finds himself
once more among civilized people, and ia
land of peace and happiness. We should
suppose by this time be would be glad to
locate in Suckerdom, and "roam no more"
.. [SprinQfeld (IH) Republican.