, 1868-12-18
. THE MIsSING cIp1n


EDITOR srATEsMAN;-I In your issue oF
November 9Th, is an article r.l,,,. 4' 0i
missing halt-breed girl, that cont"; ;'lVe to
ments which desire to correct TS n, s'ateN
was placed in my wife's cbaros Inc girl
and remained with Us for over IL as stated,
during all of which time she m. ulee years,
one OF the family. AT the time Mr. Eco F as
the girls father, left her with MS h. aisller, l.,
.nas II ner mother-an Iudiap IotS. s'Ssed
longing to the Colville tribes~k"OOman k"Oman Ae>
the glrl was she would steal her IN" ar" where M
child remained with us, as aIresSy ay Ihe
for over three years, and dur;no ~ STATED,
9. 'nat ti@e appeared to be perfectly suie ..%.
ned, In the latter part of july, sb:' d;. S.s'-,
peared, and search was at once n,Sa AZ sp ulsap'
Ny son first went TO Mr.. Quinn or. ,or ner.
nelghbor, and inquired for her. bnt ,Lt LeSIest
not seen the child. This was on tIo uey mad
OF the day she disappeared. The f'neuS lining
morning my son resumed the saaO.I O.,IO"ing
starting up the creek, about three Tu' h~ns ana
yards from my house, found her Uuursd .DS
Leading In the direction of eurrsn, "a'Ls 1'A,s
which is about four miles up the croo,. P'1Ia G
tracked her to the currant patch 80 - ne
found her tracks as if retnrn;rs uea
home. This track he followed aIe,a ''safa
to about two miles above the hons uU"a
she appeared to have safe down, He, ,...r. "uste
were seen for few steps further and 1'I'As ,Sa.
all traces OF the child disappeared N, 'ssu
next went up to the head of the ereot 'Ou
sixteen miles, to Mr. Freemap's and ;so! aUuu'
ed there and all along the creek bn, f'' ru
unable to obtain any tidines of bor wa as
following day | resumed the search snS
going over to the POucanon, called at ~" Snu
Reynolds, but they knew nothing of bo-. T
next went to Mr.. Kings place and non;,.i
OF Mr.. MILESTONE, with the same 1ssnI
Continuing the search, went on down :"
Mr.. Beeman's place, and found hi. w;r.
home, but was unable to learn anv ,b;nS ~
the lost child. Next [ came to Wn r.
gan's, but he too vas unable to give me- a,r
Information, then returned home. and m,
same night Mr.. Pagan came over to n,
house; the next morning, he and | went M
the creek and found the girls tracks os
scrlbed by my son. That was the last tr,o.
found of her, The following SUNDAY an In;
dian passed the house, and my neigbbor NJ,
Quinn, asked him if he bad seen apv tbinc
of the missing girl? To this the Indian re-
piled that the tracks of child had bpeD
seen over on the Snake River; nv wife then
showed him pair of the girls shoes. which
the Indian SAID We're about the size of the
tracks that had been seen. | then barraiped
with the Indian, and be agreed for S. and a
sack OF Hour 10 find her. The Indian started.
out on the following Tuesday, aud went up
as far as the Lapwai Agency, having been
gone five or six days, but on his return stated
that be had been unable to find the child.
Search was now relinqushed, but some two
or three weeks after, having heard frou the
Indians that she had been seen over on The
onake River, | in compony with VIM. Fa-
gan, went over there, and on inquiry learned
THAI the tracks Of child bad been seen in
an Indians watermelon patch Continued
on further up the Snake River, and found
an Indian who told us that his squaw had
seen child answering the description Of the
missing girl, and that her feet were sore from
having Travelled over the rocks, end that she
was without Douuet. The Indian further
stated that his squaw wanted to take ths
child across the river 10 canoe, but she re-
fused togo. Here l gave over the search,
but before coming home | offered the lndsn
any reasonable compensation fhe would 6nd
the girl and deliver her to me- This is the
last heard or know of the cbild aud all
| about her remains A mvsterv "a me Nv i'm.
preston, however, is that her mother has
got her and that she will YET be found. |
here close, and with this statemeutof facts
leave the public to decide whether vas
lacking in efforts to fnd the lost child.
Yours, FRANK McBREARH
A STEAMBOAT Captain on the Mississippi