Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-12-13
'HINF0a ~ ~ From ''i4 finln Trlbune.
Al Insltaln captive es.si.ursea u,i ar
ttef Thirty -1lye Yen Al lbsence
u nmcldenta OF MS Gf.1 xs5aglsffl Bt.

An Hmsltnsn Captive 4 ft2 2sa inn ed an.
ter Thirty ~ We Ye1s. A bsence
lncldents o. taiss " se .'.'5ioi'l =
/ The following fIariatiy1 of the return
and recognition Of Mat1l Blayten, The
long lost son Of Elijall 'ragton. of this
4 county who was stolen Igz tlie lndians 34
years agos VIII 6e iead "a Interest. II
was kindly furnished ~ ny. y. w. Cham
berlin OF Carey. and cay ~ relied upon as
true: I. w " n sl'lgS'', y, I
! Fontie szoth OF sept 325. two chill
I area o. Ei.lsh Brayt9a, II 2 rsstid,ng near
Il opr'hgviile n thls. oouils we're sent OUT
aitertae cows Yer '''l, = short dis-
sance irops home. flleI aFls MAT
4 = w " ;lea pstAIss N lals Y.
q age, became ia|isned aud started dor Tor q q
"e'ghoorlng housei eiose ny, while the
o;oef' o: continued thesseafcn nor the cows,
Il 3hce !,atl'me' i'9aliing, mas 'oeen heard OF
.he .,s cihlla, nn.'l lal*ly Lhe scoantry was
snor9ugniy searGhsp py az te .Hi Thl!es and
lr'enaiy Indians mat feS'ded near fhis sIs set
'sineh'' anu cohtH;usn several weeks out
announcement nv We TIME ne was lost
tHnffe were Two lscarslon ms person. one on
ns nlead, caspseq py ? ooll, and one On the
o'g ooe o. ms righss iso9t, caused ny cal
WIN -. an Ak, ,o,,,,. 3
hDu''hg 'the ia.ser part OF iasc August,
,.Was' ascsrlained through the medtumof
'nY papers snaIsa Eesurneds slbaian capuse
waS cs ~ Sfyelapd sea!rlcaiing s!la TOR his reiai
ives Search sas made Tor or lhls person
ou' ne re-, WAS not found u until TUESDAY even,
'ngr NOV" TON, me was dlscoSered
Ala iarlnerss shonse pearqSuyarn Groves
Walrrsn aoNnlnltyst Raps by YIN Brayton,
VINO started With him immediately iorl
ADRIAN, where he arrived Thursday noon.
nfhe news hewiilke wiidfire through the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS people have been
fv'slllpg blm constantY since his arrival.
Questioning himppil be isia almost exhaust cha y /
ed. The sears, corresponding, To- thipHe 80
on Matthew brayton when lost, were
ioand on his person. He is man about
leet Il inches ~ height, and oi light
comlpiexllfon, He has some tattoo marks
on ms chest, also some scars on his right
ieg' caused oy wounds received ~ an In
ana" battle some Three Years ago. The ln
dams ~ sPeEforinlpgthe necessary surgical
operation, strapped HIM to log. and
sewtfdd std W W the wound (some 8 lnc hes ln 4
,e"gth with VIII 2 bugkskn thong, making mai
oat three st'tclies. Fhe sca's made by
the needle aud ihongSafe nearly as large
as lllal made by atte cutet The Ionahayk
lts l!as MitiFdii1a alseiians dog, called
Nsm,' ..ui and !. Z large PIPE made q nlr.,
wh,cn we'sh ms nine ounces ne says ~
.ook MN ohe'moon 10 dtiii lhe hoie 'nrouSh
MS p'pe' "taeh ne d'u Win piece OF
slesl' some bears OIL ana water . ne was
s'o,eh py 'he rotlawaIomle and Canaoa
inaias ana was shifted IRON one OF these
'r'Des 10 me other. untiI he was sold Dy
'hsm 10 t,e rapaw lrdlans, VINO gsse 5,t
gallons OF whisky Tor Inn, and they soid
MN % the Winnsosgoes1 .iof ~ gahons''
+. lihty llihhey we we're living at Michigan at thst
,ime' Inc Chlppewas bought hun o. of,ti me
=" ihheoaeoes' ana Kept nm Two months
ahua .ha'', ana tfen sold nm TO the sioux
'o 'or eieyef' gallons "t the "hre water. =
'El7J4 q, Fs'sl'' ~N'sf''9 ,'' '''N7 -
Was told hlm Dy The various tribes, us ne
traced himself back 10 Ohio. -.
He remembers back 10 the time he was
owned by the Sioux, which he says was
,wen'y-slx yearsagoI s~eiil iaafG dI
10 use his language, 81 was then,a head
shorter than l am now" He was pur.
chased from the Sioux. twenty-five years
ago. last ApriL AZ Cedar Rapids, iowa BY
the Snakes aud Cdpperhsads, with whom
he has resided ever since. He lived in
Iowa two years, then moved to Minnesota,
where he staid six months; th, nee to Cali
jfornia. where he resided 81 years; thence
to Oregon, where they s,aid two years;
thence 10 the Russian Possessions, where
he has resided ever since, except when
travelling, to- and from theirftrading points.
He lived near Behring's Straits, two huni
dred miles north-west Of "Big Esqui-.
maux" village, 60 deg. north latitude
He. has Crossed the Straits several times in
Eihe winter season, on the ice. t#. lJH
+ He was crossing once. few winters
ago, on the back OF ~ large elk, going at
pretty sharp pace, when the elk stepped
into an sir hole, throwing him over his
head in Lhe water. AT the time shis took