New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-11
LATEST FROM ARIZONA.
THE INDIAN CAPTIVES.
MRS. PAGES PERSONAL NARRATIVE.

From The ST. Loui, Republican.
TUBAc, April 9, 1860.
The following thrilling details of captivity, savage
barbarity suffering and final restoration to her friends,
of one Whose msfortunes have lately filled the public
ear will be read with interest The writer has taken
the story it fell from her own ps and gives 1t to
the public without establishment:
NARRATIVE OF MRS. LARsESA A. PAGE.
had been married but little two months, and
was living with my husband, Mr.: j. II. Page, in q
rude cabin al the mouth of the grand canon leading TO
the pnery of the Santa Rita Mountains. Our family
consisted of myself and husband, little Mexican girl
| eleven years of age, Misare Kirkland and Mr.
VIM. Randall, who was engaged with my huband in
On the morning of the 10th OF March, after early
breakfast my husband left at camp for the purpose
of putting some Mexcans to work, and Mr. Ran dali
going out to kill deer Msare and myself left
quite alone. AS it was washing-day, had started to
procure water, when the little girl screamed and
said the Apaches on They came up in
Having a six-shooter Colts revolver) in my hand,
turned to fire at them, but they were already 30
close that before | could pull the trigger they
had rushed upon me and secured the weapon.
They then proceeded to plumber, Selling on every
thing they could carry off-hOur, blankets, clothing,
&C.; and not satisfied with this they destroyed the
balance. We halloOed and screamed for assistance,
but the Indians struck me with their lances and told
up what they could take and marched Off band-in-
hand in hurried and barbarous manner. After pro-
proceeding thus for quarter OF mile, they sepa-
parated u.s. in order to prevent our talking together,
"a
We travelled thus all day, over very rocky and
mountainous road penetrating deeper and deeper into
the mountain, and finally almost reaching the summit:
Having suffered much from recent attacks Of fever and
aQue wasiin very enfeebled condition, totally in
adequate for the faiigues of such journey; and my
inability to travel at the speed which they desired was
the cause of my receiving the most brutal treatment
ut their hands. They several times pointed six
shooter at my head, much as to say that my
fate was already decided upon, and that l was 10
lie made victim of savage barbarlty. The little
girl who was ahead would occasionally fall back,
crying and tell that the Indians going to kill
me. They spoke but little Spanish, yet enough was
understood to awaken my fears and fill me with appre
hension. knew that my strength, which was rapidly
failing would admit Of my proceeding but little iar
We're following to us, must fall victim rs soon
my strength entirely failed.
We had proceeded thus about sixteen Mules, AS
nearly as my limited ideas of distance VIII enable me
to Judge and | now hgged behind so much that my
savage captors grew inpatient and resolved to XIII
me- They stripped me Of my clothing, including my
shoes, and left me but single garment. ansy intn
NV body threw me ledge of rocks, or preci-
nice some sixteen or eighteen feet high, and hurled
large ter me, to make sure OF ,ner ven' ana
then left me- supposing that must die, and too bar
barous 10 end my misery BY entirely extmgusbng the
spark life. This occurred near sunset had nine
lance wounds in my back, aud two IN my arm, ard my
head was cut in several places by the rocks which
were thrown after me, but most OF the latter glanced
without striking me.
had alighted bank OF snow, almost m stale
of nndity and i'm a senseless condition. In counting up
nv camping places before reaching home, think I
must have laid there in state of nneonsciosness for
near three days. When came TO took some snow
and put on my wounds. rceoileeted the direction
travelled and the position Of the sun from camp at
sunset and with these guides started for ho0e. Nv
feet gave out the irst day and l Was eoapelled
to crawl the most of the distance. Did dare TO
20 down to the foot OF the mountain for fear could
find no water, and therefore compelled to keep in
the steep and rocky mountain. Sometimes, after
crawling mp steep ledge hbering hard for half day
l would lose my footing and slide down hover than
the place from which started. IA had no FIRE, and
no clothing, suffered very much from ihe cold.
at point said TO he six thousand feet above the
sea- and only wonder that did not freeze. isratched
holes in the sand ut night in which ssp aud befor"
i could travel was obliged every day to wait fof mo
sun to warm me up. l travelled what could every
day, and in the mean tune had 10 snbrist on grsa
alone. On the fourteenth day reached camp o. soc
workmen in the pinery, which antensnsed. ineo
found little food, and some hour when hAa 'eo J
ped the ground. The lire was not 4ue a ous' anu
kndled il up. Seraped up some o, we nou' anu
made me little cake the first food haa as.eo snco
left home. | was now near tue worame" III WIG
nnerv and within two miles Of my home, bur was toe
weak 10 90 on. could hear the men at work, ana
sos,;wss sa them but could not attract their atecs
Snn Az length / erawled along 10 the road over
,rh.h ,Ssv must pass and found there, end car
RED home, after being out sixteen day~