Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-01-17
Selerted stlisrellanp.
From the TiGin Argus.
THRILLING NARRATIVE!

The following narrative of the return
and recognition of Matthew Braylon, the
long-IosI son of Elijah Bravton of this
county, who WAS stolen by the Indians 81
years ago, will be read with interest
It was kindly furnished US 10y Mr.. j. w
ChamberIin Of Carey aud can be relied
uTon as true.
On the 20lh day Of September 1928
two children o. Elijah Braylou, then re-
Sd ng near SprlugvilIe IN this county.
we're 5 IA Out after the COWS. After
going q sherJ distance from home the
Iuuger ene, Mathew, lad between sew
en- or eight years OF age. became fatigurd
aud Started for a ueIglhorIng house, close
IS, wine The other continued The search
for die cows. Since tha, time. nothing
has been beard of The child until lately
The cou. try was thoroughly search, i, by
ali the whites aud friendly Indians, that
sided near this ttlemeut. and contn-
ned several Ks bul without effect. AT
the TN. lac was lusf, there were two sears
o. hls person, one Oh his head caused by
4 ioiI, anG one on the bIs toe of his right
foot, caused by cut with an ak.
During the lauer part Of last August.
I il was ascertaIncd through the medium. of
/ the papers, that returned Indian captlve.
was al Cleveland searching for his rela-
TVS ch was made for his person,
I but he was not found until Tuesday even
/ irg. Nov 18th, when he was discovered
al afarmers hous- near sugar grove War
reu CO. Pa, ty William Brayton, who
s.ar.eI with him Immediately for Adrian
I J. 4 !.
The news flew like wild-hre through
the neIghtorhood, and the people have
/ been visiting hIm constantly since his ar
rival. questioning him and cross question:
iar hin ulid h was almost exhausted.
the sears, corresponding TO those on
+. Matthew Brayton. when lost, were found
on his person. He Is man about ) feel
Z ID inches IN height, and of lighr
complexion lie has some tattoo marks
on his chest, also some scars on his right
leg, caused by wounds received IN an iu-
dian battle three years ago. The Indians,
IL performing the necessary surgical op-
alton, strapped hlm to a log and sewed
the wound, (some eight inches nlength) J
with a buckskin Thong, making three
stitches The scars made by the needle
=
made by the tomahawk He has with
hlm his Indian dog, called NEMI, and a
large pipe made OF flint, which weighs
ounces He says II took him ONE MOON
10 drill the h,le through his pipe, which
he did with piece o. steel, some bears
oil and water. He was stolen by the Pot
tawaJomie and Canada Indians, and was
shifted from ore Of these tribes TO the
other, until he was sold BY them to the
Papaw Indians. who gave 5 l-2 gallons
Of whIskey for him, and they sold him lc
the Whine tagoes for seven and a-hali
gallons. They were living in Michigan
d, the time. The Chippewa's bought hin
Of the Winnebagoes, and kept him Two
/ months and a half, and then sold him tc
! the Sioux for eleven gallons of "ire wa
, ter" This he does not recollect himself
. but il was told him by the various tribes
as he traced himself back 10 Oaio.
He remembers back to the time he wa:
owned by the Sioux, which he says was
tweuty-slx years ago.
To use his language, " | was then ;
= head shorter than am now" He wa
: purchased by the Sioux twenty-five year
ago last April at Cedar Rapids. Iowa. by
: the Snakes and CoPPerheads, with whom
. he has resided ever since. HIS lived II
+ Iowa TWO years, then moved to Minneso
tn. where he staid SIX months; thence 1
= California. where he resided five year
e aud a ha.f; thence 10 Oregon, where b
stand two years; thence 10 the Russial
r Possessions, where he has resided eve
., since, except when travelling to and fror
their trading points. He lived near Beh
ringStrai,s, two hundredmile. northwes; c