The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-07-14
Mrs. Gaines.

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This lady has card in the city papers, warning
tain parties against the consequences of their persist
ing in Withholding from her, rights clearly recognised
| by the courts. She says:
a Card-Thirty-slx years ago my first husband
William Wallace Whitney, thrown into prison il
this city, during the most affecting period OF the chol
in summer for nearly month"; on the false charge
Of sanderng title to property belonging me- hs
heir of my father Daniel Clarke and also for charg
ing the pretended executors of his with corrupty
administering it, Since that gloomy period of my life
the Supreme Court of the United States has most EN-
phatcay declared me to be " the only Legitimate
daughter of Daniel Clarke, and entitled to his success
sion, embracing the very property referred to. This
decision of the highest tribunal in the land from which
there be appeal, sets at rest forever my Legal
status and my rights.
Independent of the repeated recognition of my rights
by the Supreme Court of the United States the Civil
Code Of Louisiana provides that the judgment of the
Supreme Court Of the State in my favor acquiesced in
for thirteen years. has become final and the SUPPOSE
ton that the judgment Of that court now be
vsed and reviewed is preposterous; and it must be
manifest that those who build hopes upon such expec
tation deceive themselves.
In an evil hour men have been found so regardless
of TRUTH honor law and Justice and of the DEGREES of
the Supreme Court of the United States as to trampe
upon their repeated DECISIONS in suit recently nsti-
tued against me in the Second District Court of this
city, which compels to seek redress through the
of my country where the innocent protected
and the wronged righted
For years have borne every species of persecution
until forbearance has ceased to be virtue but
from all those who have met me amicably, will still
entertain propositions for compromise in the same
spirit of beraty which have at all times heretofore
evinced
My possession of the property 10 dispute is only
question of time for the action of the courts the prn
cpes of law and fact being finally and forever settled
may be seen by the last decision and mandate of the
Supreme Court of the United States in my favor
record in the Circuit Court here, which is ordered
to be enforced at the next term thereof.
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How TRIBE OF INDIANS CAUGHT THE SMALL Pox.
Early in the spring of 1884, the steamer Arsinibone
arrived at Fort Clark with several cases of small pox
on board. There an Indian stole blanket belonging
Waterman the boat, who was then at the point
of DEATH and took il away to the seeds of death
among his tribe which caused his own death and the
death of thousands of hisnaton. When it was known
that he bad taken it, benevolent person the boat
went to Of the chiefs, told him the fatal conse-
quences which would follow, and offered new blanket
and reward besides, if he would have it returned
but suspicion, fear or shame prevented the from
giving it up, and the pestence broke out and began
to spread among the Mandans at FIRST TO which nation
the thief belonged. Most of the Indians were distant
so miles at that time, killing butaoes and preparing
their winter food and the whites sent an express beg
ging them not TO return to their village, and telling
them what would be the fatal consequences. The In
dams sent back word that their was suffering to
be worked, and that they would return and face the
danger, which they thought was fabulous. Word was
again them that certain destruction would attend
their return. But it was all in vain; come back they
would and come back they did, and the plague began
in its most malignant form, their habits and improper
food making them ready prey, and few hours some
times terminating the ioathsome disease by DEATH The
nd, pvar fret oI
to them, and they supposed the whites had caused it,
and saved themselves and the Rcarees from the pest
lence; and they threatened the lives of all the former
supposng they had a medicine to prevent it, which
they would not give them But by and by the Rcarees
and whites die also the disease increasing in maligny
hundreds die daily, and the bodies thrown beneath the
bluff created nolerabe stencil which added to its
fatality Men shot each other when they found them.
selves attacked One man killed his wife and children
and then loaded his gun, and placing the muzze in his
mouth, touched the trigger with his toe and blew out
his own brains One young chief made his friends dig
grave for him. and putting his war robes he tot
tered out to it. singing his death song and jumping in,
cut his body nearly in two with bis knife and was
buried there aud others committed suicide after they
were attacked rather than die of loathsome disease.
The annals of pesence do not furnish another such
example of horrors where mortality was so great
in proportion to the population OF the once power
full tribe of Mandans, only twenty-seven persous re-
Named and one hundred and nifty thousand persons
shed and the details horrible to relate Added
to this the few whites alarmed lest the Indians
should massacre them as the of the evil. One
influential chief attempted to instigate the Indians to
kill all the Whites but he was himself seized and died
before his plans matured but in his last moments
be confessed his wckedness and expressed sorrow for
it, and begged that his body might be laid before the
gate of the fort until it buried, with the supersti
sous belief that if this done, the white man would
always think of him and forgive his medtated crime
From the Journal of J. j. Audubon.