The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-02-16
The White BOY Lately Recovered from I'M, W.
Inasans-Hc II Identified and Restored 70 Aal'


JRrrxasoS CRY, February your rcson 81
will remember that some weeks 49, arrived
Kink, OF the Thirteenth Misut Ringing
from the Plains ls;, ws bow twelve years Of
,,nc ora roorniug came into MS reeimen%
c.mn far out into the wilderness Nmonk sns
ssysss sisa and o ras OS only by
- ,rnnss and here and there an Enghsh wore
IN the barbarops language OF the SiouA, maxe
Known that the Indians called MN pale
the tSs O. sun rise; that he had had "big
oh. . with "young buck" (meantng
Young Indian), and got his "scalp," and that,
fearing the "old bucks" would Kill him, ne
the tribe Of the "pale faces" for whom ne
i ,Ssa sSey would prots6 him from the cruel
vengeance of the savages for killing one '.o o.
In making his escape, he replied "fye wakes
and four sleeps" indicating the number with
the fingers Of his hands. He has no KNOW
ledge of his parents, his pr rss1ce among
the Indians. He only knows that ne was
pale face boy.
Immediately on reaching the States, the
Colonel caused the inquiry TO be started In the
napers for the discovery of the boys parents
or relatives, which has resulted successfully.
Mr.. J. A. Sylvester, OF Quincy, li!nois, was
here yesterday to see the boy, and by compar-
taken of him when he was child, and marks
OF resemblance which he recognized, came to
the conclusion that the boy was son OF ms
fSylyester's 81 brother, lost on the Plains In the
summer Of 1850, while the family were on their
way 10 Oregon
Colonel King accordingly called together
number of senator's, represe9tatives, anu 1
her who after a careful investigation was had
before them of the evidences of the identity OF
the boy with the lost child, witnessed ana
x-row ErNy,N
Mr. Sylvester. When the formalities OF the
transfer were over, Mr.. Sylvester turned to
Mr. King, and, with deep emotion, expressed
his gratitude TO the Colonel, saying ne coaia
never discharge the obligations under which
he had placed the family by rescuing the boy
from the hands Of the savages. If money
would reward him, the sum he would name
was at his command.
Colonel King said he had only performed his
duty, and could not be induced TO take pay for
It, He would not be reimbursed, either, Tor
expenses he had incurred in caring Tor ana
clothing him since he came into ms CUSTODY.
He also insisted that the boy should take with
him his pony. Colonel King then took the boy
by the hand, and told him he must now leave
watching the "white council" with earnest
looks of anxiety and doubt, now fully compre-
hended its meaning, and bluntly refused to 60
He had become much attached TO the Dig
warrior" as he calls Colonel King, and it was
only by his Unsuitable love of adventure, and
the prospect of new sights and other scenes
among the "pale faces" that induced him
to 60.
The conception of smother's love or q
fathers care never enters his mind, and he
possesses all the stoical Indifference of the
Indian to the social relations Of civilized
society. He is a wild fellow, and clvilizes
slowly. His parents are now living in Oregon,
and have been notified of his safety. The
manner of his loss was this: The emigrant
party were encamped on the Humboldt; q
party of Indians came, one coming into camp,
begging and lounging; after they had left, he
was no where to be found the Indians had
stolen him.