New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-12-30

marks on his chest, and some scars on
his right legcauscd by wounds received
in an Indian battle some three years
ago. The Indians, in performing rec
essary surgical operation, strar"od hiw.
to log, and sewed up the wound some
eight inches in lengthy with buckskin
thong, making but three stitches. The
scars made by the needle and thong are
nearly as large as that made by the cut
Of the tomahawk. He has with him
his Indian dog, called Nemi, and large
pipe made of flint, which weighs nine
ounces. He says il took him one moon
to drill the hole through his pipe, which
he did with piece o. steel, some BEARS
oil and water. He #as stolen by the
Pottawattomie and Canada Indians, and
was shifted from one Of these tribes to
the othor, until he was sold by them to
the Papaw Indians, who gave 5-12 gal
Ions Of whisky for him, and they sold
HIM to the Winnebagocs for i-1-2 gal
Ions. They were living at Michigan at
the time. Tho Chippewas bought HIM
Of the Winnebagoes, and kept him two
months and q half, and then sold him
to the Sioux for eleven gallons of the
''fire water" This he does not recol-
lect himself but it was told him by the
various tribes, as he traced himself back
to Ohio.
He remembers back to tho time he
was owred by the Sioux, which, he
says, was twenty-six years ago.
10 use his language, Il was then q
head shorter than am now lie was
purchased from the Sioux twenty-five
years ago last April, at Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, by the Snakes and Coppcrhcads,
with whom he resided ever since lie
lived in Iowa two years, then moved to
Minnesota, whero he staid six mont hs
and thence to California, where he re-
sided 5-12, thence to Oregon, where
they staIa two years; thence to the
Russian Possessions, where he has re j.
ded ever sincc, except when travelling
to and from their trading points. He
lived hear Behring's Straits, two hun
lrod miles northwest Of Big Esqui-
nsaux" vill=g>, 60 deg north latitude
He has crossed toe Straits several times
il the winter season, on the ice.
He was crossing once, o few winters
ago. on the back OF a large elk, going at
q very sharp pace, when the elk step
ped into an air-hole, throwing him over
his head i4to the water. At the time
this took place the lamented DR.. Kane,
with his expedition, was in that section.
After getting out Of the water he met
one Of the crew, a man b. he name of
Thomas Hickey. Since lis return to
the States, Oh his arrival at Cleveland,
when he got off the train, he saw Hick-
ey who recognized himlmmediately, call
ing him by his Indian name.
He was in St. Paul when it only
contained few houses. About eight
years ago, his tribe being nearly FAM
ishcd by hunger, went to Hudson Bay
in search ofprovisions, where he first
learned that lie was pale face. The
whites being unable to purchase him
(the Indians refusing to part with him.
threatened to take him by force; but
the great disparity Of their numbers
prevented them from putting their
threat into force. They would not yis-
it any white settlement for three years
after that, for fear he would leave them
or be taken away by the whites. They
then visited Lord Selkirk's settlement,
on Red River, where they got into a
skirmish with the whites. The whites
told him there, also, that he was awhitc
man. He had been at St. Paul seven
or eight times on trading expeditions on
trading expeditions; also at Lord Sci
kinks settlement, Hudson Bay and St.
Anthony Falls. The whites repeated
ly told his tribe that if they did not
let him 20 to the States, to search for