Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-05-16
The Arizona captives.
MRS. pAoa'g Personal sARaArIyE.

|
y correspondent writing 10 the 81: Lou
is Republican from Tubas, under date of
| AnriI q oivas the statement made NV Mrs
| paao T.. ,ar..,.o.h,..
IS " 70 '''' "''S
the Apaches. we extract the following
from her narrative:
az hnd been married hut n little over
two months. and was living with nv hus-
band. Mr.. j. H. Page. in n rude cabin at
the mouth of the great canon leading TO
the pinery of the great Santa Rita noun.
| tains Our family consisted of nv hus-
band. a little Mexican girl eleven ycars of
age. Misare Kirkland. and Mr.. RNndalI.
who was engaged with Inv husband in the
| lumber business.
On the morning of the 10th of March, ,af-
ter an early breakfast. my husband left us
| in camp for the purpose of putting some
| Nexicnns to work. and Mr.. Randall going
out 10 kill deer, Misare and myself were
| left quite alone. AS it was washing day
had started to procure some water, when
| the little girl screamedand said the Apach-
es were on us. They came I'M in n run
Having u six shooter (Colt's revolvcr) in
nv hand I turned 10 fire at them, but they
were already SO close that before / could
pull the trigger they had rushed upon me
and secured the weapon. They then pro-
ceeded to nlunder. seizinU on everything
| +ba,, couId carry ofT-fonr blankets cIo-
thing, &C.: and not satisfied with this they
| DESTROYED the balance. We halloed and
screamed for assistance. but the Indians
struck me with their lanccs, and told us
10 keep Quiet or they would kill us. They
packed up what they could take and
innrrbed us off hand-in-hand in n hurried
and barbarous manner, After proceeding
I
| ed ms in order to nrevcnt our talking to-
gethcr the 1ittle pirl beinp n little in ad-
vance of me.
1--WE had proceeded thus about sixteen
miles. ms nearly MS my limited ideas of dis
touce will enable me to Judge, and now
| Jagged behind so much that my savage
coItors grnw ;mnotirnt and resolved to
xiii me- They strinned me of my clothing
inclndinu NV shoes. and left me but a
sinnlc Garment. They then thrust their
Ioncps at me. i1flictinr eleven wounds in
nv hodv. threw me over ledge of rocks.
mr. nrccinicr some sixteen or eighteen feet
Liph. and hurled large stones after me to
meka euro of thcir Victim. and then left
mc. sunposinr that ! must die, and too
harborous to end nv misery by entirely
avtinynishinp tLc shark of life. This oc-
currcIl ncor sunset. 7 had nine lance
wounds in my hack. and two in INV arm.
aud NV head was cut in several places nv
ltbc rocks which were thrown after me,
ibnt most nf the latter GLANCED without
str;k;n" me-
' ..T III I:,,.., ,,, ., l,,,1. or s,o,,,, o1
~ ""u "lIeutcu on !! o"iN ~ Slo", "'-
most IN asla'c o. muultG ""u ~ ~. ~ emSn SemS
Tess conulI'9ni III coun.l"s Hp m'S '' ;I,;,lI
ing piaGes peloIe reasoning Honei - .,u', sna'.N
must nave iAle 'nerc III" s'''S ,,S,L "
seriousness nearly t"tco u"! "en i4l i-'. l
covered took some. snow tI ana put t... on my
wounds. ! recotiected me ulrecIlon lrAN-
cled and the position OF Tue sun from cH.nP
ut sunset, ana win tneSe gulucs sttIteu I.
for home. MY ieet gave oue @ inG re ntst rs,o u"ys
ana was competed I 70 rr"mi tne tnUs' " -,
the e'S."nSe a., Dnu mOt Ga'1 co ~ "oiS