The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-03-18
mo. 80
A Wild Woman in Texas An Extraordi-
nary Story

Ia Wild Woman in Texas IAN Extraordi-
nary Story.
! The Liberty (Texas) Gazette is re-
sponshlc for the following:
!, In the Grand Cane ncighborhood, in
this county, short time ago, gentle.
man in the depths Of the forest suddenly
camc upon q woman as&wi.a' and almost
as fleet as an untamcd deer. After a
brisk chase ofsome distance, the gentle
man (on lorscback) ovcrtooNthc won
dcrlul creature, whcn she halted, and he
found her to bo medium sized middle
aged, well formed woman, with long
dark hair and clear blue eyes. She was
IN a state OF nudity save a glrdle of gray
moss about her loins. Her body and
limbs were covered with Il beautiful
coat OF hair about four inches long Sho
was much frightened, and seemed una
Ole to talk: but must have comprehend
ed SiGn', rs III reply to motions Of the
gentleman by which he sought to indtico
her to accompany him out OF the woods
she constantly pointed to her own for
est home. FINALLY the gentleman en-.
dcavorcd to compel her to 80 the way
he desired by getting before her and by
threatening gestures with his gun, and
she becoming cnragcd seized Il club and
turned upon linn with the fury of de-
mon, and it was only by the speed i'm
partcd'to lr;sstccd by a liberal use of tho
spurs that he kept out OF her way
Alter driving or her pursucr, she rcsum.
cd the direction sho haa' so constantly
pointed out, and was soon out OF sight.
The gentleman followed. and after gong
somo distance came upon her home.-
Three trees, standing near each other, in,
a'lriangular form, with tho spaces be-
tween them walled up with brush and
moss, made hSf moss bed betwcen them,
secure from Tic rude blasts Of wih!tr,.
and comparatively secure from the piti:
less ram. The only stores that wcro
discovered were n few nuts and some
four or five bushels OF acorns. Very
wild stories OF this wild woman have
been rite IN the upper part Of the coun.
try Tor some time, but she was believed
to be myth by all except those who
claimed to have n glimpse OF her. Now,
however, her existence, description, and
tie vicinity at least Of her Whereabouts,
is established beyond controversy. Her
tic Fanga {" GbS yEGaEesa Ss Ma
effort is being made to Tint end
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THE FAMINE IN ALGIERs.-A letter
from Algicrs, in tho Viyic, Of Choir.
bourg, gives some heart.rcndlng details
OF the famine among the Arabs: The
writer says;
At Orlennsvilo I'havo seen from l5o'
to 200 OF these poor wrc,chcs, scarcely
covered with ragged burnous, eating tho
leaves OF the aloe plant. the roots OF tho
dwarf palm, and the lihhy fragments
abandoned III the strco,o: havo seen
natives coming 'do%nfrom The mountains
with asses laden with dates robbed Of all
in an instant by these fam;shcd Arabs.
The latter | have seen cudgcllcd un.
imercifuly by Europeans in order to
make them dcsist, and yet they rccciv-
cd the blows without seeming to feel
them rather than give up single date.
AZ Rclizannc. noticed squattrd on tho
foot" h, with their backs against tho
wall, somo dozen Arab children, the
Oldest OF whom could scarcely bc more
than our. When say children, i
mako mistake; they wcro only skcle.
tons. Their legs and arms wore, in tho
most rigorous meaning OF the words, no
moro than bones covered with shrvoll4'
cd, skin. On looking at those poor lit.
tic things, so frightfuliy shrunk. ono was,
Mt q loss to know by what effort ihhV
could stand on Their feet I bnueht =,
dozen Mound loayos md ds,ributotl ll,em,
to tho starv,nr children, but thiS wass
scarcely done when Z! WIS surrounded
by q score of Arabs, vooifcrating fot n.
share. Ohly with great diricnIHv could
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