Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-02-14

" OLD John Brown, be had a little Injun.'
The Herald's Injun- Bones Injun-is
dead. After being trotted about by the
Herald for the past Eve or six years, the
! "captive" has gone to the happy hunting
1, grounds He died at MurfreesbOrO, Tenn,
on The 9th of January so the Herald says.
After careful Perusal Of his biography in
= last evenings Herald, we ars able to give
the following account Of this remarkable
creature:
Sometime in the summer of I849, full
blooded Indian Of white descent having run
away from his pa (shO was Paw PaW,l in
! The far West, came to Cleveland for the Pur-
s pose Of looking up his parents. Something
z IN his side pocket told him that he had in
herited parents-tbat there was a mother,
and perhaps a father OF two, fallen to him In
win. He had elm the war path, even
from the hunting grounds of the Snake
'a chippe heads, the WinneFas and the Copper
bagoes, that he might learn his fathers mai
den name. His sole companion was an In
dian dog tsttOOed in singular manner With
rcoPeberry juice. He bought him, he claim
ed, at one Of the trading posts of the Hud-
son Bay Company. The dog could speak no
English, but expressed himself in very good
Hudson bay.
- The reader has guessed already that the
man who was seeking to ovejoy somebody
with the discovery Of poor relation, is the
Indian Captive
The captive established his headquarters
here, ana went into the missing-child, and
boy-earried-off by the. Indians business. He
was greatly sided by the Herald folks, who
generously published his advertisements
gratis and gave him column puff occasion
ally. After time they came to look upon
hin As thsir own particular Injun-their Red
Man. IT had been years since they had had
alEsll) nd man in the concern. When the
5'eEptive heard Of aHy family that had a boy
eOErisd Of By the Indians, whether it was
lIa I've, ten, twenty, fifty, OF hundred year,
ago, be sought out that family, fell weeping
upon their nesks and cried-'f I'm your long
lest bO-ho hO-boyg' 20 They would examine
hin for strawberry marks (he had full as
sortment of strawberry marks and scars on
hand constantly and finally concluded that
be was The whole thing would appear in
the Herald next day, under astounding head
lines. When the business got little dull,
the Herald local would 90 into the country
:. and hunt up a family that was a boy out OF
account Of the Indians. He went up to sene-
CO county once, hearing of such family.
aYou have had boy carried of, I hear, D.
said the " local eommiseratingly.
We have" replied the afflicted mother
applying her apron to her eye.
The Editor took out his pencil and note
book and was very particular in taking dowr
the date Of the occurrence, age Of boy, per
sOnaI appearance, strawberry marks, (num
Der and location &c.
ado yOuknow what tribe carried him of p
asked the editor.
Lord bless you, Sir" cried the old wO
man. " there didn't no tribe carry him of,
asqs the SUMMER complaint! p
The editors lega carried him of at yer.
rapid rate.
After making great many families hsPp.
By coming to them as their long lost son, an
aaOrding great many items for our enter
Prising eOtemporary, the captive dissppeare
fof time and now he turns up dead. Re-
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