The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-11-16
LOST AND FOUND.
Thirty Years Captivity among the
Indians.
From the Jackson Mich. Citizen.

from the JackSon -hlcH. J tHlZCN.
Thirty years ago, when j. Jackson was a
little hamlet OF about three hundred per-
sons, a young woman inisht have been
seen, one >uitry day ia August, accompau-
led by a lttle boy five years old, vending
her way towards grove in the neighbour
ing town of Blackmau, for the purpose Of
engaging III the then comnon pastme OF
picking berries. The young woman after
toiIlug away for il while, became annoyed
with the ceaseless opportunities of the
child, aud sent him home She thought
nothing more Of the matter till upon
her return in the evening, she was
surprised to find that the boy had
not returned. In reply to the queries of
the anxious parents the girl related the
circumstances narrated above, and added
that she knew no hing Of the whereabouts
OF the child. Day alter day pa sed, and
still the missing member Of that distracted
family did not return, nor could any It'd
ings of him be heard by his agonizeI par
ents Finally, after every searching par
ty who went out to tiu1 The missing one,
had returned aud reported their mission
trultess, ana after all hopes of ever seeing
their darling boy again had vanished
from the minds of the aflicted parents,
suspicion began to fasten upon the young
woman, VINO was a servant III the family.
She again asserted her illuac1nce, and
stated that she knew nothing OF the miss
Ing boy 1ro III The time she had sent him
homeward. In spite 0! her prolestatlons,
however she was arrested for The murder
OF the boy ana incarce:ated in the rude
lookup which had been erected 10y the
early settlers, Here she was kept for "a
time, TIL it became apparent that 10 eyi,
dence against her could be obtained when
she Was released from custody still assert
ing her lnIOcence to the parents OF the
child, who longed for some tdings that
would diSpel the uncertainty which hung
over them like a cloud. Their hopes were
doomed TO disappointment, however, as
nothing could be heard of the missing one,
and he was finally numbered with the
dead, the parents giving up all hopes OF
ever hearing from their iost boy again.
Years passed, and the LITTLE h..uict be
came Il large and houri>hlng city. The
solitude winch formerly relgned on the
banks Of the Grand rlvCr WAS broken by
the mechanic aud the artisan, and The air
resoundtI with the busy hum Of Industry.
Nearly Ill o. the Old settlers had passed
away, and another generation succ, eded
them Among the many heW conero Was
IA sou -ln-law OF the afflicted family, Mr..
}. l. Ballard, our fellow tOwusinaiI, WHO
was greatly surprised, a few days slnct,, To
learn that the boy who had long been
numbered with the deal, hal arrived III
the southern part OF the State ana was
making inquiries after his family. lhe
boy had grown to DC stalWalt man vi
thirty five. Ills c0unttnance had become
brOuZed by continuous Exposure TO the ele
mentS, and his slucWy trame hardened by
repeated adventures Iii the Western
WIds. He stated that he had but dlh
recollection OF hlo former home, put WV
idly remembered the tine when Two stai-
Wart forms with red vl,ageS crossed his
path, siIatchcd him up III their arms, and
carried ham oil amidst his plteouS cries Tor
Ills loving mother. Since that time lie mas
been constantly with the lndlans-JOlncd
them in their hunting expeditions, AMI ioI
lowed their trail as they JUurneyeu toward
the setting sun. lie leu.lcd The language
of the PuttaWa;onilco- that was the
name of the tribe with whom the greater
part of his life had been spent-and III ais
wei to his repeated inquiries, his captor>
told him that they hat stolrn INN IRON
jackson county, and that his namG was
Wiley The Indians cOntuuudcu this name
with Fiiley, which Is the real name Of Ills
father Mr. Ballard went III quest OF the
missing one. and upon arriving at the
place where he had been making Inquiries
was told that h.. had gono away, but would
return in d few days, when be viii proceed
to the home Of his aged parents, to make
glad the hearts Of an afflicted father and
mother. Truly, Truth Is stranger than
fiction.