Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-15

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for many winters, but our places
will soon be filed by the stranger ;
and when We reach our new homes,
hope it may be well; but the cloud
is too thick and black to penetrate
beyond Knowing we'll that his
pledge was inviolable, they were
suffered to depart
"Atter a while the old man, think
ing his wigwam was too desolate
without a wife to grace it, proposed
to our heroine the honor of becom-
ing the happy one, which was re-
fused with disgust. His solicita-
tons became so earnest that at last
the option was given to accept the
honor intended her, or death.
Thief seeing nothing but ingrat-
itude, as he viewed it, in her re-
fusal, after her life had been spared,
which had been forfeited, refused to
interfere in this matter, and she was
thus left to her fate. But having
been brought up to rely on her own
resources, very often having been
obliged to seek, in the pursuits of
the other sex, the means of satisfy
ing hunger-she had become an
adept in the use of firearms, which
will account for the gun in her pos
session--the cause of her now again
being obliged to flee for her life,
which she had decided to do rather
than be obliged to become the wife
of one she loathed.
"After her resolution to fly was
taken, her first preparatory step was
to change her costume to that worn
by the men.
at being in the winter season,
Happan reached Good Foods
village on the ice, some nine miles
above Fort Smelling. she was re-
ceived with true Indian hospitality,
and, after partaking of food she told
them she was from Lac qui Parie,
and belonged to the Wah-pe-ton
band of Sioux, stating that this was
the first time she had been so far
from home. ..
"One day, having Joined party
who went to the Minnesota river to
fish, 'Happan' suddenly beheld the
avenger at her side. But seeing
that she was not recognized, and
entering into conversation with
him, he inquired if she had seen a
runaway girl, the murderer of his
whom he had once for
given, but she had again deserted
his wigwam, and was now deter
mined to find her, and as she had
not listened to his good counsel,
she must perish, to appease the new
wandering spirit of his dead daugh-
ter.
'She appeared to listen attentive
ly 10 what was not new to her, and
even encouraged him to prosecute
his search, expressing indignation
at such ingratitude, being of course
very particular to use phrases in her
never used in speaking
by woman.
early next morning, without ex-
citing any comment, she left, deem
ing it unsafe to remain any longer
near her old home. The next point
she made was Mendoza, going to
the house of gentleman there,
telling, as before, that she was from
Lac qui Parie. The gentleman re-
ferred to has often spoken of the
industry evinced by her in perform
ing out door labor. She carried out
the plan of her disguise admirably,
never refusing to do anything re-
quired.
"One night one of the Indian
women having business in her room,
when she was asleep, became salts
fed that she was not what she ap-
peared to be, and next morning,
with her natural quick perception,
finding her disguise had been dis
covered, she suddenly disappeared.
"While a party of WinnebagO
Indians from Long Prairie, on the
Upper Mississippi river, were on a
visit, or on business with the Super
intendent of Indian Affairs st st.
Paul, then a small village, one morn
ing Sioux, the famous Paul, or
= koo = tay = mannee, who
worked so faithfullyin 1862, during
the terrible Indian massacre, and
assisted in saving so many white
women and childred captives, ap-
Deared in the village.
"He told me of a girl who had
committed a murder, ETC., relating
ali the incidents that | have here
to relate; adding that,
when she had left Mendoza, the idea
at once seized her that, as she would
now soon be known, made it ne
,essity of trying some other dis
guise.
THE Winnebagoes being down,
gave her the cue, and she applied
The Winnebago paint, and had
passed two days at Crows Village
detection, not speaking
word, and, of course, she under
standing what was ssid-none sus-
pecting that the WinnebagO youth
was other than the principal actor
in the incidents they we're relating. |
She learned that her tormentor had
followed her to Mendoza, and what |
he there learned became satisfied
she was the one he was seeking, and
was then in the village prosecuting
his search. Feeling insecure in
spite of the Winnebago paint, she
had taken the precautiOn Of max
ing a comrade of Paul, as he was a
man of acknowledged nerve. She
knew he would protect her at any
cost. But nevertheless, intending
to go with the Winnebagoes to
their home, she had made use of
Paul as a protector, under the os-
tensible purpose of seeking the
man who had promised the flour to
him. ...- ..
"Little Crow, having been over to
see his Winnebago friends leave,
found her with them, but now in
the dress of her own sex, intending
to seek protection from another
tribe, which she could not get at
home.