American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-11-03
tFrom the Jackson Mch.) Ctiz:n.l
Lost and Found---Thirty Years Cap.
tiyity Among the Indians.

GgltY Among the 4Holdn5'
Thirty years ago. when Jackson WAS q
little hamlet Of two or three hundred per
sons. vourg woman might have been
seen. one snltrv dav in August. accom-
panied BY a little boy FIVE year. ol1
vending her way toward a grove in the
nei-hboring town Of Blarknan. for the
purpose Of engaging in the then pastime
Of picking berries. The young woman
after toiling away for while, became
annoyed with the ceaseless imporuniies
Of The child. ard sent him home. She
though. nothing mere of the matter tn,
upon her return in the evening, she wns
surprised to find that the boT had not re-
turned. In reply to the queries Of tie
anxi'as pSen's. the girl related the cir
cumstarcS narrated above. and added
that she knew nothing OF the where
abop,s OF the child. Dav after dav passed
ard still TIE missing member 4 lha! dis
rrac'ed family did not re'urn. nor could
any tidirgs Of him be heard By his
agoriz q parents Finally aftpr every
searching parry who went on, to find the
missing one had returned and reported
their mission fruitlrss. snd after ell hope
Of ever SEEING heir darling boy again had
vanished from the minds Of the afflicted
parents. suspicion began to fasttn upon
he young woman. who was servant in
the famlr. She again a serted h,r irno-
cpnce, and stated tIat She knew nothing
of the missing boy from the lime she had
sent him homeward. In spite Of her
prOtesta'inHs, however, she was arrested
for the murder of the boy. ard incatctr-
s'-d in the rude Hock up which had been
erected by the ea'y sritlere. Here he
was ktp' for time. I'LL it became appa-
rent that no evidence against hcr could
he Obtained. when she was discharged
from custody, still asserting her iuuo-
c-rce 10 the parents Of he child. xho
Ianged for some tidings that would di>ppl
he uncertainty which hung over them
Ike cloud Their ho, es were doomed
70 disappointment. ho~eser. as no hing
'on'd he heard of the missing one, and
he was finally numbered wi'h the dpsd.
he paren's giving up all hopes Of ever
hearing from their lost boy again,
Years passed, enl the little hamlet be
came large and hourishins city. The
solitude which formerly rpiIned m the
banks Of the Grand ri,er was broken by
he mechanic snI the artisan, and the .
air resounfed with the busy hum Of in /
lus'rv. Nearly all the old settlers had |
,assed away, and another gener ion
ucceeded them. Among the many new
.omers was son in-lsw OF the I'll cted
amily, Mir. }. y. Ballard, our fellow.
ownsman. Woo was greatly surprised.
few days since. to learn that the boy
Who had long been numbered with the
lad had arrived in the southern rsrt o.
his State. and was making inquiries after
is family. The boy had grown to be a
tslwart man Of thirty>fre. His couH-
ensnce had become bronzed by continr-
US exposure 10 the elements, and hl.
newy frame hardened by sted ad,
rnrures in the Western wiljs. H.
atsd lhat he had but a dim recollection
his former home, bat wildly remem,
cred the time when two stAIwart forms
Ith red visages crossed his palh. ,
'atched him uP in their arms. and car.
rd him of amid his p eCus cries for his ,
wing mother. Since that time he has
ZEN constantly vi h the Iudiars-iuined {
EN- in their hunting txprdi ions, and {
IioSed their twill As they jpnrneyed r
ward the setting sun. II. lrsraei to I
r the language of the Pottawa,omips /
for that Wa, the name Of the tribe with ,
h"H the greater part OF his life had '
en- spen.-snd in answer TO his Ie. .
ated irqniries, his csp'ors told him, d
ey had stolen him from jackson county. h
d thai his name was Wiley. TIE In 4
AIS confounI-d this name with Flllv, 4
lich is the real name of his father. n
:. Ballard went in quest of The missing
p and, upon arriving At the place 4
Iere re had been making inq lres, was c.
i that he had gone away. but would i
urn Ia few days, when he will pro- 5,
ID to the home OF bis ssed parents, to o.
he 9 lad the hearts of an = n cled father "
! mother. Truly, "tru.h is stranger c,
II 6clion."