Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-05-26
The Arlnonn csp,Ivsn.
hns. tAen's Personal NARnAr1yr

A correspondent writing to the ST. Louis Re
publican from Dubac, under date of April 9, gives
The statement made by Mrs. Page of her captlV-
ity aud suflerings among the Apaches We ex-
tract the following from her narrative.
Il had been married but little over two
months, and was living with my husband,
Mr. j. II. Page, in a rude cabin at the
mouth of the grand canon lending 10 the
pinery of the Santa Rita mountains. Our
family consisted Of myself and husband, a
little Mexican girl eleven years Of age. Mis-
are Kirkland and Mr.. William Randall.
who was engaged with my husband in the
lumber business
"On the morning Of the 10th of March.
after an early breakfast, my husband left
us at the camp for the purpose Of putting
some Mexicans to work, and Mr.. Randall
going out to kill deer, Msare and myself
were left quite alone. AS it was washing
day, had started to procure souie water,
when the little girl screamed and said the
Apaches were on US. They came mp in
run. Having q six-shooter Colts revol.
ver) in my hand l turned to FIRE at them,
but they were already SO close that before
| could pull the trigger they had rushed up.
on me and secured the weapon. They then
proceeded to plumber, seizing on everything
they could carry off--four, blankets, cloth-
ing &C., and not satisfied with this, they
destroyed the balance. We hallad and
screadied for assistance, but the Indians
struck me with their lauces, and told us to
keep quiet or they would kill u.s.. They
packed up what they could take, and march
cd US of, hand-iu-hand, iu hurried aud
barbarous manner. After proceeding thus
for a quarter Of mile they separated u.s.
in order to prevent our talking together, the
little girl being little in advance of me. 90
eve had proceeded thus about sixteen
miles, as nearly as my limited ideas of dis
tance will enable me to Judge, and 1 now
Jagged behind so much that my savage
captors grew impatient, and resolved to kill
me- They stripped me of my clothing, in
cluding my shoes, and left me but one gar
ment. They then thrust their lances at me,
inficting eleven wounds 10 my body threw
me over ledge Of rocks, or precipice, some,
sixteen or eighteen feet high, and hurled
large stones after me to make sure of their
victim, and then left me- supposng that I
must die, and too barbarous to end my
misery by entirely extinguishing the spark,
Of life. This occurred near sunset. / had
nine lance wounds in my back, and two in
arm, and my head was cut in several places
by the rocks which were thrown after me.
but most of the latter glanced without strik.
ing me.
Il had alighted on bank of snow al
most n state Of nudity, and in senseles
condition. In counting up my camping
places before reaching home, think must
have laid there in a state of Inconsistencies
nearly three dnys. When recovered +
took some snow put on my wounds. Ire.
collected the direction Travelled and the posi-
tion of the sun from the camp at sunset,
and with these guides started for home.
My feet gave out the first day. and l was
compelled to crawl the most Of the distance
Did not dare to go down to the foot of the
mountain, for fear could find no water,
aud was therefore compelled to keep in
steep and rocky mountain. Sometimes,
after crawling up steep ledge, laboring
hard for half day, would lose my foot
ing and slide down lower than the place
from which l started. AS had no fire and
no clothing, suffered very much from the
cold. was at point said to be six thou
sand feet above the sea, and only wonder
that did not freeze. scratched holes in
the sand at night in which to sleep, and
before l could travel was obliged every day
to wait for the sun to warm me up. ! tra-
veled what could every day, and in the
meantime had to Subsist on grass alone.
On the fourteenth day reached camp
of some workmen in the pinery, which was
umtenanted. There found little food
and some -four which had been spilled on
the ground The FIRE was not quite out,
and kiudled it up. Scraped up some Of
the -four and made me little cake, the 6rss
food l had tasted since left home Sas
now near the workmen in the pinery, and
within two miles Of my home, but was too
weak to go on. I could hear the men at
work, and sometimes saw them. crawed
along to the road over which they must
pass, and was found there, and carried home.
after being out sixteen days"