The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-12-02
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The Cleveland Herald has for a long time had
mysterious and exciting hints of strange finding
of lost property-the property being a man, car
ried off by the Indians in 1925, and just now turned
up. 1t appears that in the year named Mr.. Elijah
Brayton, an Ohio farmer, had several children;
among them, William and Mathew. These two
went out one day to hunt for lost cattle, and the
small Matthew, then only seven years old, was
himself lost. Much search was made, but no trace
of him could be found, and the family at last sor
rowed without hope. Time went on, more chill
dren were born to Mr. Brayton, children who knew
not Matthew, and the lost boy spoken of only
when the twilight shades disposed the elder men,
bers of the house to melancholy "Reminiscences. ct
the brother from under whose care the boy Mat
thew had been lost hoped for his temperance
Nor hoped in vain. mysterious ''Indian cap
tive" whose name had for long haunted the col
umns of some western papers, and who was in
search of his kindred, was at last seen by some
members of the Brayton family. They did not re-
cognze him, perhaps because, as he had left before
they were born, they had never seen him.
Not satisfied with this partial failure the father
sent to the wild Indian a man who had seen the
boy Matthew-indeed, no other than the brother
William. And to aid the latter in his fraternal
search, Mr.. Brayton informed his frst-bOrn that
the as yet Great Unbound would have, if genuine,
scar upon his head and on his toe. When
the older brother, armed with these weapons
against deception, entered the room where the
Captive" sat- it very dark. So he could see
nothing. This difficulty remedied by the intro
auction OF candles or OJner w llllam
looked Matthew in the face but did not recognize Il
feature. This was not strange; for between the
ages seven and tOrty-one, mankind alters much.
An examination revealed-the sears Thestraw-
berry mark was there! Before he gave way to
his emotion, William called in physician, who
with the aid of his glasses and an additional can
die, made close inspection. The on the toe
was faint, but still it was there. The scar on the
head had been more thoroughly made in early
youth, and a layman could discern that as well as
the Dractced eve of q chirurpeOn.
At this point William let on the emotion, and
there was time! Together the brothers went to-
wards their home and on the way the excitement
of the populace broke out in small crowds erup-
tions of men, chiefly in the immediate vicinity of
the railway stations. Though the father had no
doubt of the identity of the longlost boy with this
'captve." yet the children who were born after
Matthew disappearance were Sceptical, and the
Indian Pretender was put through a course of most
unfratcrnal inquisiton. They were finally con-
WINGED, and then the fated calf killed, and the
neighbors began to give the distinguished stranger
impromptu and informal receptions, 'fcalng'' upon
him, and entertaining themselves, after the manner
OF curious Americans, by gazing at him for indefi-
mite periods of time.
Where had Matthew been all the while? He
was taken off by the PottaWottomie Indians, taken
to Canada, painted tattooed, taught to hunt, fish,
fight, and many other useful things. During his
early captivity he appears to have been used as a
sort OF small coin, or circulating medium; for we
learn that he was at one time sold by the Potta-
key. little later he was sold to the Winneba-
goes for seven gallons of the pleasant drink.
After short time he passed into the hands of the
Sioux for eleven gallons, still Of whiskey. Thus
we that there was either rise in White Boy
or fall in whiskey. There is no foundation for
the suppositOn that the spirit of the more recent
dates had been ''extended.' Being finally sold to
the Snakes and Copperheads, worse fate, one
would think, than going to the dogs, he remained
with them, and the chief of his tribe gave him at
the proper time his daughter. The latter bore to
him two children-Tetrona (Tame Deer) and Tu-
loosa, a name which may be translated east
Boy"
When recovered, the pale-laced Indian had a
painful tendency to the habits of life proper enough
among the Snakes and COpperheads, but not ex-
acty the thing in civilized society of the present
day. Among other peculiarities, he refused to eat
anything but raw meat and uncooked vegetables,
though finally he was induced to take his beef
slightly warm. He would sleep only on the floor
thus taking his board and lodging at the same time
Moreover he insisted on having a savage and I'M
handsome but favorite dog nightly chained to his
waist before he would sink into a quiet sumber.
There seems to be some hope yet that he will be
come like other people. He is a great linguist
speaking fuently five languages. But as these are
all Indian, it is hardly probable that the gift o.
tongues will be of any pecuniary value. Mucf
more about him says the Cleveland Herald.