Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-03-18
A Sad History.


We yesterday met young and inter.
esting girl at the house Of an acquaint-
ance, who told US tale of wrong and suf.
fering that would furnish material for q
good sized novel.
One year ago this young lady left her
home in Pennsylvania-a home where all
the luxuries Of life were at her command.
Her parents were indulGent, and she, an
only child, was loved by them with all the
tondness Of true parental affection No
wish Of hers remained ungra:ifed for she
was tac idol of those parents, and the
light of the home made desoIate by an
act which will forever cast its shadow on
her heart.
In February, 1864, she became &C,
quainted with Mormon preacher, who
painted to her in glowing terms the glo>
ries of Utah and the Mormon religion
He told her of the beautiful valleys OF
Utah fortified on all sides by giant noun
tains, whose peaks, FURNISHED by eternal
SHOWS, looked down upon the valleys of
perpetual green. peop!ed by Gods own
chosen kindred, who were free as the
mountain torrents that leaps the rocks of
lofty Timpanagos range. He told her of
the content and peace reigning among the
saints, and assured her that the Mormons
were Gods own peculiar people, and so
worked upon her imagination that she
fina,iy consented to leave friends, family,
and all the endearments of home, and 60
with him to the Valley Of the Saints.
Arriving At Chicago, be forced her to
marry him, the ceremony being performed
by mock priest, wi,hou. record or license
On last April she left Wyoming, Nebraska,
with Mormon train for the land of prom.
ise, and finally arrived in the city of the
Saints. Here she found that her husband
had four wives, who regarded her with no
tender emotions, but heaped abuse and
contumely upon her head.
After O few mouths her |iege lord tod
her he had concluded to seal her to anoth.
er who had taken great fancy to her
that his other wives we're jealous, and de-,
clarcl his last wife should live with him
no longer.
She declared che would die before she
would thus be put away and forced to live
as the wife Of man with whom she had
no acquaintance, and seen but once in her
life Her husband told her it was Brig.
hams order, and she must do so or lose
her life Determined not to be thus sac.
riGced, she started to run away, with the
intention to make her way to camp Breck'
inridge, in Cedar Valley, then garrisoned
BY United States troops, aud claim protec-
ton there She started on foot, and after
travelling abou. ten miles was caught and
brought back, placed in dungeon or
rather cellar, and was thus kept for
month, with just enough food to sustain
life. The man whom: shcr refused to live
with frequently visited her, and besou.ht
her to change her resolution in order to
save her life.
Through force Of circumstances she at
las, yielded, and was duly installed iu his
family, as the sixth wife. Here she found
as before, the jealousness aud quarrels
arising were intolerab.e, and she again
determined to escape or die in the attempt.
This time she succeeded in reaching the
headquarters of Genera! Conner, to whom
she told her tale of suffering. The Gen.
eral sent her through to the States with "a
Government train bound for Fort kearney,
which place she reached early last week.
She leaves this city tonight, repent.
ant, sorrowful child for her home in Penn.
sylsania-lhat home which she was per.
suaded to desert through the misrepresen.
tation and wiles Of crafty scoundrel.-
What JOY and gladness will we'll up from
the hearts Of those parents, when they
again behold the one they believed lost to
them forever. We drop the veil. Reader,
this ID not an isolated case, but an every
day occurrence in this busy, sinful world.
st. Joseph Herald.
TO smother young lady in happiness,