The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-10-31
THEGATE CITY.



4 s..>Ass ssssv - o4uaasiiy. 81
The Colorado Tribune has the following
stsasse story.
ave saw ct the Planters House yesterday
woman named IIxzi4 BlAdtbpfn, native
or Mount jackson, s. c., who claims to have
b. On prieo1t ranong a Ferehl u1h>o q l96s
ans abouffu5rtSeh ~ q. She = neyf1r -
old, and il / cfippisfrom the 1O0 q HI =
her limbs, which have been amputatsd twice,
the fir.t time d tho ankle joints md aEAtA
about three inches below the knee. Her
story Of her capssrs and jmpriaenmAnt a.
about AZ follows, commenting With how hhe
came to be in the Indian country: WHEN
she was Eve ysars old her fathsr, Thomas
blackburn. emmierated from South CarQliIA
and Joined the Mormons at Nanyoo, IN. He
accompanied them to Florence, Neb., and
finally emmigrated to Utah, with the earli-
eat emmigrauts, and preached among them.
Ii 1863 OF 1864, he having become some
what disslpated, and having for some time
been accustomed to living among the Nor
mon indians, Lizzie and her mother aud TWO
younger sisters, aged respectively ten ana
fourteen years, coneinded TO run away from
him and the Mormoas, aDd if possible reach
California. They took with them only what
iheycould pack about their perscns, asd Nth
rifle and some ammuntisn started westward
from Salt Lake, wandered Tor ssIne mosthss
when they were captured BY the Digger In
dams. Lizzie vas sold BY the Diggsrs to,
the FOXES The mother ard two remaining
sisters when they learned Of Lizz;e's sale
ran away from the Diysers and we're pursued.
When found they had starved and frozen to
death. and were buried on Horse Creek.
The Foxes sold Lizsie TO the Snakes. Then
che learned OF the death OF her mother and SIS
ter and saw them buried. She run away
from the Snakes, but was captured. She
was badly frozen in the attempt, and was'
afterwards again frozen. fne asys that two
half breeds, named Towanitns and Pnchana.
tngh, took herto Washington, d. G., where
her limbs were amputated, and that she was
retured to the Srakes by her
'athers direction. he being among them as
i kind Of chief at the time. She says that
ler father has so spent most OF his time |
among the Indians for seven or eight years
md 10 one of them now. He is with the Ara |
,ahoes or Cheyennes. The snakes tfsded |
Ter to the Arapahoes, from whom she Escaped |
bout one year sgo, by the assistance OF Fred. |
ones, government scout, and was brought |
nto Ellsworth. At the time OF her escape, I
he Arapshoes we're csmped ct the Big Bend
i the ArkAneae.
A portion Of the time since her escape I
De has been engaged as scout, bss for the 1
ast few months has been doing ,housework
t . stage station down on the Smoky Bill L
load. Fred Jones, her rsscueT, was dis
harged from Government employ last spfing
lst before tbs ostbraak down on the Solo
ION, in Kansas, and, as he threatened to go
18th the Indians. it vas supposed that be was
18th them At that time. She says she count
l one hrndred and fifty white men in one
,dian camp which she visited while acting +.
the capacity Of . scout, end that there.
e great many among all the tribes. The
iggers treated her most cruelty, and all
Gated her very roughly. Her father,
ough, often protected her from severe treat
emit She says that she has an uncle living
on the North Platte River, and
e is now on the way to HIM. She expected
leave this morning.