The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-16
A Thrilling Narrative.

A Thrilling Narrative.
The st. Louis Republican publishes the fol.
lowing as the narrative Of Mrs. Larsena A
Page, whose capture by the Indians in Arizo
ha. and subsequ escape, have already been
alluded to:
/ had been married but little over two
months, and was living with my husb band, NJ
| J. II. Page, in a rude cabin at the mou in Of the
grand canon leading to the pinery Of the Santa
Rita Mountains. Our family consis ted Of mi /.
| self and husband a little Mexican girl, eleven
wears of age, Misare Kirkland, and Mr. VIM
Randall, who was engaged with my hus )and
in the lumb business.
On the morning Of the 10th of March, after
an early breakfast, my husband left us at
camp for the purpose of putting some Mexi-
cans TO work, aud Mr.. Randall going out to
Kill a deer, Misare and myself We're left quite
alone. AS it was washing day, had started
10 procure some water, when the little girl
| screamed and said the Apaches were upon us.
Ihey came up in a run. Having six shoe ter
(Colts revolver) in my hand, turned TO 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
proceeded to plunder, seizng on everything
they could carry Off-fiour, blankets, clot hing
&c; and, not satisfied wit this, they des troye ed
the balance. We hailoved and screamed for
assistance, but the Indians struck me with
their lances, and told US TO keep quiet or they
would kill US. They packed up what they
could take and marched us off hand in hand /,
In hurried and barbarous manner. After
proceeding thus for a quarter Of a mile they
separated us, in order to prevent our talking
together, the little girl being little in ad-
vance of me-
We travelled thus all day, over a very rocky
and mountainous road, penetrating deeper
and deeper into the mountain, aud finally al
most reaching. the summit. Having suffered
much IRON recent attacks Of fever and ague
was IN very enfe .bled condition, totally ln-
u tor Yn f,,Vf fhn fox
and my inability to travel at the speed which
they desired was the cause of nv receiving the
most brutal treatment at their hands. They
several times pointed six-shOO,er at my
head, as much as to say mat my fate was al
ready decided upon, and that was to be made
victim OF savage barbarity. The little girl
who was ahead would occasionally fall back
crying, aud tell me that the Indians were GO
ing TO Kill me. They spoke but little Spanish
yet enough was understood to awaken my
fears and fill me with apprehension. knew
that my strength, which was rapidly falling
would admit OF my proceeding but little fur
Iner, ana that unless my husband and other
parties were following to rescue us l mus:
fall a victim as soon as my strength entirely
failed.
We had proceeded thus about sixteen miles
rs nearly as my limited ideas of distance will
enable me to judge, and now Jagged behind
SO much that my savage captors grew impa-
tient, and resolved to kill me- They stripped
me OF my clothing, including my shoes, and
their lances at me, intlicting eleven wounds in
my body, threw me over Il ledge of rocks, or
preclplce, som" sixteen or eighteen feet high
and hurled large stones after me, to make sure
OF their victim, and then left me, suppos ing
that must die, and too barbarous to end nv
misery by entirely extinguis hing the spark Of
lie. This occurred near sunset. l had nine
wounds In my back and two in my arm, and
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 on bank Of snow almost in
2state OF nudity, and in a senseless condition.
In counting up my campiug places before
reaching home, l think 1 must have lain
there In state of unconsciOusness for near
three days. When l came TO, l took some
snow and put on my wounds. 1 recollected
the direction travelled, and the position of the
sun from 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 70 the foot of the mountain, for fear
could find no water. and was therefore com
PEELED to keep in the steep and rocky noun
tain. Sometimes, after crawling up a steep
ledge, laboring hard for half 4 day, l would
lose my footing and slide down lower than
the place from which started. As had no
fire and no clothing, l suffered very much
from the cold. | was At 4 point said to be six
thousand feet above the sea, aud only wonder
that did not freeze. l scratched holes in the
sand al night, in which to sleep, and before
could travel, was Obliged every day to wait
for The sun 10 warm me up. l travelled what
could every day, and in the meantime had 10
subSlst on grass alone. On the fourteen tn
day reached u camp Of some workmen in the
pinery, which was unteDanted. There l
found little food and some flour which had
been spilled on the ground The fire was not
quite out, and l kndled it up. Scraped up
some of the flour and made me a little cake
the first food l had tasted sneeI left home.
was now near the workmen in the pinery,
and within two miles OF my home, but was
90 ~ .,y1l h0ny fho
work, and sometimes saw them, but could not
attract their attention. AT length l crawled
along TO the road over which they must pass,
and was found there, and carried home, after
being out sixteen days.
RESI- ECTABLE LIsT.-The London Jour.
mails still have numerous editorials about the
great mill, and their champion. Tom Sayei S
is evidently the biggest man in England at
the present time. Subscriptions for his bene-
lit are flowing I'M that of Newmarket has
reached IGUO, and il is estimated that in Lon
don the amount will exceed 6 900. The House
OF Commons put in q pound apiece, and it is
said that when Palmerston was asked for his
pound. replied, "make it five for the brave
lad.'' Bells Life publishes Il list of subscri-
bers to fund for Tom, among whom we fl I'D
the Earl of Stamford, 600; Duke of Beau.
fort f5ti besides eight Earls for 6 10 each, two
Lords ior To, aud any number of Viscounts
and knights for like sums. r. Ten Brock
the American racer, is down tor $40.
THE OVERLAND Pony ExPREss-The arri-
val of the first pony express was made the oc
casion Of great reloicings in San Francisco
the last OF the ls tie animals that reformed
the Journey receiving almost as great honors
az the Roman Consul paid his horse The
whole city turned out as if for a grand pa
geant and on the arrival Of the steamer Ante
lope from Sacramento, "ith the pony on boar d,
the en- nthusiasm OF the scene bafiled description
One lady became SO excited that she tore the
ribbons from her bonnet and decorated the
A
accoutred, the little fellow marched proudly
through the streets Of San Francisco, honfires
blazing, bands playing, and crowds shouting
at his heels.
DEATH OF AN U. S. CONsUL-U s. Consul
Col. Isaac Smith McMicken, died at Acapulco,
Mexico, on the 23d ult, and was buried on the
same day. He was Adjutant General Of Car.
ya]afs army in 1851 and 1852 in Northern
Mexico, aud at the battle of San Juan, Febru-
ary ~, 1852, he led one Of the handsomes,
charges on record. He was one Of the conf.
Dental agents Of the lameI ted Z uitman pend
master OF the y. S. army from Vera Cruz IL
the city OF Mexico and good lawyer.
FROM RIO.-A letter from Rio de Janeiro
dated March 2eth, says the recent heavy rain
which drowned the growing CROPS La ~
ceased, and the weather now and for the las
week or ten days is every. thing that could he
desired. The roads in the interior have dried
up, which causes coffee to come to market in
larger supplies than usual at this season.
For several years past the plantations have
increased and grown larger, and the crops
never esented more abundant yield tn an
at present. Business is improving.
FUNERAL OF "PErER PARLEY.'-The fu
neral OF s. G. Goodrich took place at South
bury, CT, on the 1ith inst Services were dis
pensed with in the neighbOring towns, and
persons were present from circle of twenty
miles around. Two hundred school children
from Sou thbury, w Oodbury and South Britain,