The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-12-04
n tlbIniam with the Cam .nchc>.-.iJis
tI.tur' Dt,U Ii;iou. ana Escape.

We ~ u'icusG yesterday that Nelson
L., w.n ,ras taseu by the Camanche ln.i-
aa- :" ~5.. reached : 5aur oa laur>..ty
Il March, l>JG, NJ. Lee siar.c.i I.o-l! IcAi>
for California with ,i.oye OF mules. Mr.
L. ra> accompanied by twra.y->cvcu white
men. Apou' three hundred m.c< FROM E,-
-e Pass, and on tic > Of April. l1J6, the
Itt.e party from Igy.> was attacked ny tyo
hauirci aaI tiity clraaU 'nv il..t.s. IL.
battle lasted inr ~9iue Two hours, aal rcs.l.t-
ii III tie victor: Of tuy Indians. Ut The
twenty. .e.-l, white men tv-a-y-f1Tr were
killed during tie cr-ar,meu'. Tie Cth,r
tour We're taken prisoners al. carried u the
camp of tie taIaHc'r> Tn" rames o' the
ftur prisoners were y Am ! ,-n. os Nv
prra.>: Thomas Smith, Tennessee; james
Howard, 81 >4n fLtiicin, I,ss-. and Nol-
son Lee, now in \ oany, and formerly q!
Jefferson county. Two Of the PRISONERS
Ssui.h an! II pvagi--vere IaaS>Ic e6 the day
after the battle. \ ken remained IN tie
camp some -iN day>, ard was then carried
of hy the Indians. What has become OF
him m one knows. lie has probably been
Killed. daring some w.r dances. Lees life
was spare! because the Indians could not
manage a repeating watch which lie carried.
Tie watch saved his life.
F IL the Cama;ichr camp NJ. Lee found no
less than twenty eight captured white wo-
mcl and some thnty or forty white child.
. rcn. \ day ur two aft he arrived IL camp
. they ma~SacrcG an EG-t.-h woman, named
/ Anna !lISkiu, in most cruel manner
They tied her naked - 4 tree, and in the
presence OF her tvo daughters, Margaret
and Harriet iiaShin, inflicted the most re-
voting crucItiee upon her. Before Mrs.
lla>nln was finally dispatched she was tor
p g IN H. a. ,,-',f 81.
4 time the Indians became excited with ijQIor
. and danced about her Ike 50 many demons.
! They took sharp pieces Of Hint and cut her
{ flesh in al! possible directions. Mrs ltSkin
and her daughters were captured while on
/ their way t. the Mormon settlement at Salt
! Lake. The da.g gbtcrs still remain with the
I Indians. Thsir ages are seventeen and
/ nineteen. Lee made his escape in the tol
/ low ing manner: IL WAS accompanying the
/ Chief Of the CsmanchrS 70 a ,otgc some
/ miles distant. During tho tramp they met n
/ party of InjianS; the indians gave the
/ Chj,( a skin filed with liquor TIE Cuicf
/ drank Of the iiqaor and became excited
, Arriyin. at "A creek he dismounted and
stopped down to drink. Al this moment
I Lee seized his tomahawk, split his head open
and killed him instantly. He then took the
F Chiefs r,iir, mounted The CHiyt's horse and
put for Mexico. When he reached Mexico
he was completely naked, willie his feet and
legs were SO swollen from byinc cat by the
cactus plant, that he could only 60 some
eight miles day. The lust hun irei miles
he did on foot hlS horse having died trom
exhaustion. rhc MexcanS treated hin very
kindly, and gave him money and clothing
10 reach home. The clothes h. novv wears
in Albany are those gwen to him by the
MvXicans.
WHAT TIE JAPANESE THINK or EocPS.-
While the steam lrisstc PONhatan was IN
Japanese waters, one Of the officers showed
some japanese who came ON bosrd, several
copies of Ha,pers Nag 'ki"e \ newspaper
correspondent says
"Th.v became very much interested in
the engiavingS, particularly with the f.shion
mates, | remember one Ct these plates in
r,rtjcllar which excited their wonder; and
if the reader can refer to the June number
of 1887 he will not he surprised that they
should have been startled
How very fat your women arc.' said the
high officer.
Tell him its all humbug,' replied
Hold on; I'll show him how they manage
it | took down another volume, and turn
ed to the January number OF 1877, and
again to the April number of 1850 Ot
course they laughed heartily, especiaIly y at
! the latter, where spring fashions Tor ladies
are so admirably clearing the track for an
anonlectic noodle. OF course they laughed
1t was enough to make horse laugh"