Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-06-04
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CAPTIVITY AMONG INDIANS,
Another snTviVOT Of the New Ulm,
Minnesota, Indian Massacre.
KILBoURx CRY, Wis, MAY Is.

MinhosOtu1 Auatuh AhsAuctes
KILBoURN CRY, WIS, May Is.
The usually quiet village Of xii
.iboun City, Of Columbia county
Wis, was thrown into an nnusua
excitement to-day. by the following
strange circumstances: Two Of
our citizens had crossed the Wis.
eonsin river and passed the juno
ton Of two roads, when a poor
emaciated little creature, apparent
lly a boy ofa dozen years old, ran
across the angle or point between
the roads, and inquired of the per-
sons referred to, what was the road
leading to Kilbourn,
I Informed that It was, he passed
on, and one Of the men remarked
that the boy ran just like an Indian.
A few moments after, the boy was
loyertaken by a man in buggy,
4 who took him up and brought him
to town, where he told the follow
| ing sad story:
| He says his fathers name was
Simeon Tor Simon) Case; that he
emigrated from Oswego county,
New York, to the vicinity of New
IUlm, Minnesota, and resided there
with his family at the time Of the
Indian massacre in 1862. He saw
his father, mother, and brothers
and sisters scalped alive, and their
heads split open with tomahawks.
The Indians took Mr., Cases horses
and gun, which we're in town to-
day, in the possession of the mur-
dercrs. The surviving boy, who
was then ten years old, was carried
away and adopted into family Of.
Chippewas, with whom he has wan
dered for six dreary years in the
woods, but where he does not
suffering indescribable hard
Iships,and compelled at times to sub
! lsist on muskrats, skunks and rep
tiles. His hardships, and mental
and physical suferings, have told
fearfully on his constitution, althv'I
he says that he has not been sick
during his captivity. He has prob
ably grown but little, as he is very
diminutiye for boy of sixteen
years.
Soon after he arrived in town, |
seeing some Indians pass along the
street, he pointed out two of them
as the murderers of his parents and
little brothers and sisters. /
The story seemed so improbable
at the time that it ELECTED little at
tention. Bat a thazDugh inquiry
into the matter leaves no doubt
that tile boy tells truthful story of
his suferings and misfortunes, and
that he pointed out to our citizens
the iendish brutes who murdered
bis relatives, and have been his tor
mentors for six fearful years. But
his story was not credited in time
the murderers were gone. Howev-
riff they fall into our hands they
won't tomahawk defenseless women
and little children again, but will
learn to stretch hemp downward
The boy offers to hunt them and
shoot them, and if any of our citi-
zens will go with him, but says he
knows that the Indians will toma-
hawk him if they ever get sight of
him, which is too true for his safe
ty here, where the lazy vagabonds
are continually lowering around,
begging and stealing the white
mans food and clothing, which he
has earned by what the Indian calls
5he degraded white mans labor
The poor unfortunate, starved or
ohan, who, Ike the unknown dead !
sailor boy, has been somebody's :
larling," will be well provided for
md kindly taken care of here until
lis relatives can be found. If he e
las no relatives, he will be sent be- a
-opd the reach of the scalping- il
.infe of the "noble red man." He i
as forgotten the meaning of uncle v
nd aunt, and does not know the t,
anne of any living relative. Ia
Another white captive boy es- Il
aped from the same Indians on Mr.. i,
ase's horse about two years ago, f
this meets his eye he may be n
ble to give additional particulars, 4
Young Case says he has avenged '
imself on two Indian chiefs whom d
e has made bite the dust, and de- c
ares the other guilty ones shall
heneyer a safe opportunity offers.
..ls .aa.t j. f. WILSON.