Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-10-18
original Storp.
For the MINERAL PoINr TRIsrsk,
c o o N BL U FF.
BY DR. W. Il. BRISBANE
CHAPTER

There is something extremely bewi,ch-
ing about the black eyes of a pretty little
girl, sparkling under coronal of raven
ringlels.
And how beautiful is a clear morning
IN July, as the bright sky rlays upon the
crysta waters of the t-fowing Wiscon-
sin. The roses and dandeions that or
nately glitter along the banks of the noble
stream, tempt those black eyes from the
playful lille flock by the low, white school
house.
The school bell rings. and Mrs. Bar
risters little pupils rush to their places,
ready TO answer the roll call
But Wlzena's name meets no response.
And at dinner time her place was vacant
ii the table.
Il guess" said Julius, who had staid
from school on account Of a slight indis-
position, Il guess Wizena is Kept in to-
day."
1T can't be-" said Mrs Brlezer, i" for
she studied her lessons well last night
| suspect she stopped IN to dine at Mrs.
Haloweil's."
But when supper time came, as Wize-
ia was still missing, her mother stepped
across the street 10 Mrs. Haliowelis 10
see if she was there. She soon ascer-
iained that she had not been seen by any
one IN the village since morning; and
the school children had all supposed that
she had gone nome instead cf going with
them into the school house a, the ringing
of the bell
Wizena was an amiable chiId-eight
years old the pride OF her parents, and
the favorite of The village. Everything
wa: IN commoiion when the neighbors
understood that she had disappeared.- -
All night all the men and boys of the
neighborhood were going in all directions
with torches, IN search Of the lost one
But all they could find was a beautiful
bouquet, tied very neatly with blue I'll
bon, that Wizena had about her person
he morning before. This was found on
the bank of the river, opposite the foot
Of Cedar Island, near the remains OF a
recent Indian camp. /, was a; once con.
cIuded that the Indians lad captured her,
and great was the indignation tha, burst
forth against the whole Indian race al
this discovery Measures were immedi-
ately taken to follow in pursuit. Four
men with loaded guns and other arms,
took a skiff' and pulling rapidly down the
river, searched carefully al the islands.
Four others crossed the river. and exam
ined diligently all along the bank on lha,
side; while four more kept down on the
south bank. George Ashrnore and ohm
Adams, who both had recently been going
TO the same school with Wizena, GOT
horses and rode down rapidly to Helena,
Wyoming, English Prairie and as far as
Muscoda- But no tidings could be OBJ
tained of the lost one, nor had any Indl-
ans been seen passing down the river al
any of these points. The only thing that
had been seen going down was skiff.
with two ahite men IN II, who appeared
to be hunters. The river being very low
al that time, 10 RATS were passing -
- May not these hunters have seen the
Indians if no, the girl g. This question
was asked hy Mr.. Belezer on hearing
TIE report of the party. He would have
Immediately taken horse himself, but Mrs.
B lezer, who hsd been suffering severely
from numerous fainting fits, was not We,
sufficiently restored for him to leave her
Mr.. Jones, a man of generous spirit
very readily undertook to Try and find