The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-06

Strange Story OF Captivity-A Caro-
lima Girl Among the Indians for
Many Years.
The Colorado Tribune has the fol-
lowing strange story:
We saw at the Planters House,
yesterday, woman named Lizzie
Blackburn, native of Mount Jack
son, South Carolina, who claims to
have been prisoner among different
tribes of Indians twenty-four years.
She is now twenty eight years old
and is cripple from the loss of both
of her limbs. which have been ampu-
tated twice, the first time at the ankle
joints, and again about three inches
below the knee. Her story of her
capture and imprisonment is about
as follows, commencing with how
she came to be in the Indian coun-
try: When she was five years old, her
father, Thomas Blackburn. emigrated
from South Carolina, and joined the
Mormons at Nauvoo, Illinois. He
accompanied them to Florence, Ne
braska, and finally emigrated to
Utah, with the earliest emigrapts.
and preached among them. In 1868
or 1864, the father having become
somewhat dissipated, and having for
some time been accustomed to living
among the Mormon Indians, Lizzie
and her mother and two younger sis
ters, aged respectively ten and four
teen years, concluded to run away
from him and the Mormons, and if
possible, reach California. They took
with them only what they could pack
about their persons, and with rifle
and some ammunition, started West
ward from Salt Lake, wandered for
nine months, when they were cap-
tured by the Digger Indians. Lizzie
was sold by the Diggers to the Foxes.
The mother and two remaining Sis
ters, when they learned of Lizzie's
sale, ran away from the Diggers and
were pursued. When found, they
had starved and frozen to death, and
were burned on Horse Creek. The
Foxes sold Lizzie to the Snakes.
Then she learned of the death of her
mother and sisters and saw them
buried. She ran away from the
Snakes. but was captured. She was
badly frozen in the attempt, and was
afterwards again frozen. She SAYS
that two half-breeds, named Towan-
tinus and Puchanatagh. took her to
Washington, d. c.. where her limbs
we're amputated, and that she was af-
terwards returned to the Snakes by
his direction, he being among them
as kind of chief at the time. She
says that her father has spent most of
his time among the Indians for the
last seven or eight years, and is one
OF them now. He is with the Ara
pahoes or Cheyennes. The Snakes
traded her to the Arapahoes, from
whom she escaped about year ago,
by the assistance of Fred. Jones, a
Government scout, and was brought
into Ellsworth. At the time of her
escape, the Arapahoes were camped
at the Big Bind of the Arkansas. A
portion of the time since her escape,
she has been engaged as a scout. but
for the last few months has been
doing house work at stage station
down on the Smoky Hill road. Fred.
Jones, her rescuer, was DISCHARGED
from Government employ last spring,
Just before the outbreak down on the
Solomon, in Kansas, and as he threat
ened to go with the Indians. it was
supposed that he was with them at
that time. She says she counted 100
white men in one Indian camp which
she visited while acting in the capa-
olty of scout, and that there are q
great many among all the tribes. The
Diiggers treated her most cruelty, and
ali treated her very roughly. Her
father, though, often protected her
from severe treatment. She says that
she has an uncle living somewhere on
the North Platte River, and sbe is
now on the way to him. She expect
ed to leave this morning.
The old Bank of North Carolina
has been driven into bankruptcy by
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