The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-04-15
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OSle Co., LII, mas JUST EetuFEeu W hi'
home after an absence of a year and 6
half, and has given the Springfield I'LL.
Re, u5lican, thrilling account Of his
adventures, for the truth of which that
paper vouches. Mr.. Baily was with q
party of nine others eng aged in driving
teams from the Gulf of Mexico to the
Rio Grande. While camped out and
asleep Neuces River, their mules were
stolen by the Indians, with whom they
engaged in fight the next day. All
of Mr.. Baily's companions were killed
and he was taken prisoner. The In
dams then plundered the wagons, strip
ped thoir prisoner of his clothing, and
bound him upon pony. The remain
der of the story we give in detail:
They then started for their er eampment
in the Witchasaw mountains which place
they reached after eleven days. hard
riding. They remained in camp about
a week, ard then started on robbing
expedition to attack q train on the
Santa Fe road They remained about
five days waiting, when merchant train
came along. They proceeded to sur
prize the train and killed every person
with it, took the goods and mules bslong-
ing to the train, and started for the
Kickapoo settlement, traded of the
mules for ponies, and returned to the
Witchataw mountains.
The prisoner was kept strictly couin
ed during tho day, was tied up every
night with pieces of raw hide, by the
hands, to limb of tree, as high up as
he could rcech and stand on the ground.
During the day he was allowed to lie
down and sleep q few hours. During
the time Mr. Baily was with them they
went on five robbing expeditions, taking
him along with them. The last mer-
chant train they robbed, they took two
men prisoners who had bravely defen-
ded themselves till their weapons were
all discharged, and who had killed
twelve of the red skins. These two
we're then taken and tied to stake and
skinned alive. Mr. Baily was placed
close them and compelled to witness
this horrible scene. Every time he
would to close his eyes they would punch
him with spears and bayonets until he
would open them, and look upon this
picture of revolving horror. They then
took the skin, reeking with warm blood,
and slapped him around the face with it,
oovering him with 10 ID, and telling him
if he tried to 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 cut.
ting out the pictures from the bank bills,
threw tEem away. They kept all the
newspapers that had any pictures in them
throwing every thing 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 a big
war dance, and in the excitement forgot
Mr.. Baily. While dancing around
their fire, in front of their tent, he
crawled out under the back of the tent,
seized one of the ponies, and escaped.
He was soon missed, and was followed
FIVE days. At the expiration of that
time they came so close on him that
they fred at him, which obliged him to
leave his horse and take to the noun.
tains. Fortunately, he found small
cave just large enough to crawl into, in
which place he remained for day and
a half, the Indians being SO near him
that he could hear their footsteps as
they searched for him.
He remained in this position until he
was assured his purspers had left, when
he emerged from bis concealment, and
made a strait shoot for tho Kickapoo
settlement, about 600 miles distant.
In abo 1t month he reached tho longed
for point, where he hoped to find friends
and assistance. Nor was he disappoin-
ted in this. He was kindly furnished
food and clothing by the Kickapoos-
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 raw horse flesh. Not a very pleas
ant diet, truly. The Kickapoos treated
him very kindly, and showed him on
his long journey to civilization.
After leaving them, four days, sjour
ney brought him to the Chickhasaw's
camp, form whence he proceeded to the
Choctaw nation, who treated him in the
most humane manner. He journeyet
on to the Shawnee nation, where he wal
Welcomed to the best they had in theil
lodges. Leaving them, he next reached
the Cherokees, and then made for Mis-
siouri, which State he made some twent,
miles north of the Eeoaho. From
thence he came to st Louis, and thel
to this city, having travelled steadil.
and constantly on foot for the last tive
months.
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