The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-21

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.Os last Thursaay evening, ~ III bte., y
little boy was returning from school, acro1s
NE 6elds, on nssEis4 coapls hay seseks
hs hsasd plaintivs moans, Apparently pro-
ceediag therefrom, accompanied By FAINT r.
sicule6oae q he.sA wee, Re Si.linetlEy
hsstd Ne secslation, :" 0odi ny 0odl
The boy hsfsisa hsns yeish va u sishi'
Mr.. Das;dsoa Il oace Started back With him,
snd mee6ae tHo. usiehbon on TIE way took
them along u ~ stack a hay.
On reackia8 ~ spot, spd going round one
Of he saests va<ncs ths1gaads proceeded.
they aiscos6 some raQ Ieolrsdiag from
the baee, lndt - inyss13e6ae, v4ss Vas
their sss q 4sd , yoee dill On entire
stranger. bvsroYed h sde hay, seem
insiy hslp,e ID = sdypg - 1itioo. She
rasssd pair n M, ssvallep eyes, - the
gentlemea's aaxtled iacss, a4liapiosd HEN
MOTTO more hsr, ielst her lie tASep ~ die,
for - - Asusa sa3 served - ~ nod
arrived Soo. Iatsisr However, ~ csgaD pines
raissd her Is gently a they coaid, and thossh
the aeatlast motioa aggravated her soleFidQs,
succeeded b carrying her beck to Mr.. Dsvia-
son's farm house. While the inmates wete
sqdeavor;as 70 make hsr. - comfortable =
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aixtesu years Of aes, and sasasily ss@ ~
erably clad A tattesed dress claaf atSen1
her attenuated fosn. end sarneat thas had
! once been "a under-skirt she nod torn IN two,
one strip being tied Ghost her bead, and the
other wrapped about her test o. taking on
tbs wrappings they we're greeted By fright
| full spActiclp. Her feet wsra tssrbly black
sned and s~oaaea WI 4siag fpesu, an4 her
vhole body wns diacolorsd, Wills tie go
nizsd creaturs told tAen thst Ut aesn6d %
her Ill the aeaA - bsr body va pisreed sith
knives. and resdy to drop % hsf bea>s 1"
They ent for phyascian, and in 0e NeAn-
toe did all they eoald - a1lssiaee bee t90bs-
inxa, bgt With littls success. "wster ~ wss
her cry, and iAs sn.H 9nsatisisa they gave
e s s s. s,.a 1t, =. 4. s.s sss.s !.
stack where they discovered her, for two
wesks, without saDessa of food. This thy
could not credit At the time, thinking thst her
distress had bewildsrsd her rscoliecdon.
However, she seemed lucid, Her stoey,
which she still seeadEastiy adheres to, in its
wildsesa no conjurations Of the moat viFidIv
imsgisAaiYe EoYsllst's brain could surpals, il
eqaai. She gives hsr ssms - LOuiss Biaak
says II she livse she viii 10 6Aees ~ April
next, and appears to b . girl Of inteili Nsace
and religious principles She avsn thu she
resided in Missouri until the fall Of 1854.
when her Ssher becsme Infatuated d the
Mormon faith, 70 annber Of Aosmons being
sssaled near thsu, tasd in Opposition . the
tioas to remove 70 Salt Lake City. AZ he
could not be turned from his purpose, his
, family sslaetssf)y accompanied him, ard wers
numbered anoag the ipAsbitants Of the pol.
luted city, while Mr.. Diaek sas p once
enrolled auong the "saiafs.'' They had
been there fos SIX months, during which time
matters had been growing fson had 70 worse,
when The crisis arrived, IN the shape of Mn.
Black No. 2, whom tke husband and f,thel
had the aadscity 70 install over the hoosshold.
The fsmily wers now wrought up TO despeH
ton, md Hs- Nsck No. /, with her three
daughters, resolved . make their escape from
j Utah, at the sause time being cogaixsat tha.
the way was nfe with danger, and that i
I 4 I-.t ~ ~ 1 IL.
Louisa goes on to say that they succeeded ia
Salt Lake City on the 10Th Of last June, with
only twelve dollars in their purse. and turned
their faces toward the States
/ The girl cannot recall much Of their jour
ney, which is to her . chaos Of appslling fear
privstion and despair. She rays they KEEP
/, mostly to tae woods and ravines, and d
covert places, to avoid discovery, and eays
their former home in Missouri . vide kssth
; for fear ofthe many Mormous there And
80, according to Louisa narrative, they trav
eled on. aud on, still eastward, with NO ides
msny destination, beset with '1fears within, y
, and, - they iuagined, ssfoes withoot,- ssb
sissing on bsssies and roots, and whatevel
CHANGED in their path. At length one Of tbs
sisters died from exposure sad Pdyaaos, snd
covering her upin the woods, they still wen
1
Louisa and her mother alone possued tbei
wild and simIsm fight, while it seemed tha
death was TO be Is ouly terminus. TheJ
werecoatinually haunted With fesr, distrusaet
! the whole huansn race, Wills svsry SOUND
they heard they coajured into the fnotsteps o
: BURNERS. At length exhausted nature ssv,
. way, and IN the lonely seciusion of the forest
Mrs. Black lay down, never to rise again
when she died, the poor stricken, half erazet
; wsnderer covered her mothers rigid form
: With ieaves-the only hnrial, the only shrout
athat her feeble, unaidad banda co6id 1--WE
. lOaia says that up to ths hoss Of her death
hsr mother feared to look behind her, lest sh,
should behold the ruthless psrsners ON he
track. She thinks It mast have been in III,
! vicinity Of Cleveland that her mother died
Instead Of asking amy assistance she chung Il
: the mania Of fear aud concealmept that had
stricken each member of the fugitiye7 band
and wandered onward, desolate and alone
She tells Of being at Greenviile, Peunsylva
mia, and Of finally asrivingaa Middiesex, whers
she says she Icy concealed for three day,
on the fsrm Of Mr.. Edmondson. This W.
about the 9th Of December. At this po;n
her narrative becomes more and more strange
, and many thrilling romance of brigands and
highwaymen has besu spsn from . sIendereu
thread. She proceed 70 relats that she VI.
here found By . c.upls VI horse thisvsS, apd
We next find this young girl, on the evs O,
December II, employed - IN emissar1 b.
| these rogues to ride on : horse that her lad
I just stslen from Mr.. Edmondson's field she
states that they instructed her to 70 70 0iI
City, and gave her directions Aou to ~ th>rs;
aiso, thai one Of them pave her Two bills, Z