The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-30
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An s,. xu.tt, CamaMcIle BAH

An Endtnm.h ~ mall
AN T..n with CamaMche hha-
.,n davenport tIowa) Gazette, Aug. u:
lfr r,'ore has been stopping In this CITY aoa
Ne III days past one OF those ch a,
S .,,hn have made for themselves cer ,'ia;ns
VINO m; bravery and daring on the Ii'tlns
lot ~ Car West among the Indians anu tne
OF su1 ' IN recouuting whose deedS' nau-
pu nNVh cscanrs. and peculiar iise, Tue
oic""' Of romance arc filled. INC lNrsom
rHS.h we refer Is no less character ,hah
=. a. C,m,anche Bill" who Is Tepuco ~
nc the SLAYER OF no less than ic' ~, 49,,
~ IL W.. Jc has been nine years on the
u "i,;,s mart Of which time he has been IN
tha n,nn,oy Of the Government as scout. he
t,as hunted and killed Indians for the pea,
n,,rn and sweets of revenge, and huhteu
s sut framed of necessity. He in now on MS
raturn to his old lite in the West, having
bren on visit to his early home IN mln"o e.
sofia. He Is about twenty-eisht yt"i
age. Of slender build, sandy conil long
With profussion Of hair that ne oT h,ck.
ON his neck. His dress Is p,'i the outer
skin pants, orralncnteu ,,,',tons. coarse
seams with a row Of steel p,it.o'I 'hrimmcd
sbi,t an old coat, and n broati.ot, ' H., nas
I,n, Ills eve IL piercing keen: wv" T.. ~.
ar;n like a dozen hlackN'!i,1h'' 1"
%ronS,. 70 our questions ne s;!iu; 1,,,,,
=. Nv name is George w. IoItei' n.,1
,,o.n on the plains since To-. Was III , ,,'o
minnesota massacre, near NC" C'n' I'll, liz
18Th OF August Of that year. Az ihs io,"r
were killed, except nc and my lttie sis,c,
three years old, whom Iilcy 'ooh -
"Whcrc was you: ...; ~,
al was away ut the military station on
business: went the day before. nc Il, 80
Euaw of tina massacre, was colhInS 'i"iS
the, road on my way home, "hen saw -
little WAYS ahead of me Il wagon iliieu " w
women and children that the seItleis nat
sent to the station for proteclloh' ous'
then saw the indians pounce upon lpoia,,
and 7 lodged into woods. couiu near
the hatchcts crushing into their heads.
Thev killed 'em all-cycry one.
"What did you doT , ,,o coast
urbey scaIpcd 'cm, and when the coasV
was clear / got out, and pretty soon a,Ui'S
came a company of cavafly, anu we JUL
'" "Why didn't you follow after the lu-
dunsI" .,,, didn't
want his men to 20. You see lna. Vas Ill
80, and everything was top>y-turvs.
=. Did YOU visit the scene OF the massacre
at New ElmI" 1,, and
so,y my father and mother all scalpcd ana
cut up, and nv sister was gone. sW"rc
Inv the eternal God would never rest until
had had rcYen"c-a bloody revenge. -,
.tDid Won yet any traces Of your sister,"
"Whv. yes; they was the lankon, Saw
nee and sioux Indians, and | knOwed them
pretty well. | learned that they had her.
| kuowed what they'd do with her.
"Iou have not been successful In your
efforts to secure herr"
mo: YOU see, single-handed and alone,
q man don't stand much chance. Thats
what had been doing all the time. Once,
in Arizona, | was right In sight OF her:
The way knowed it was her was, bad
been on the trail of the band Of Sioux That
had her 4 long time, and she was the only
white nerson they had. This was in 10,
and then she looked just like mother. !
waited and watched and watched, ana
picked an Indian of every little whlte,
when he'd get mile or two from camp;
but twas no use. They kept too good
watch over her" ,,,
eyes. The Blackfeets captured me ana
Jim Rraden in "a, when we were out hunt
inc. They came on lis with rush. nut
they didn't get us though until hau Killed.
one young buck
"'What did they do with your
"They marched about twenty-five miles
to their camp. and there they stripped us
ofevcrything we had, and tied Us loaSl"kc,
ana leu Inc WOHlcl Iphlu Us WIN ''u'''
they did this every day for eight days. We
were tied with buckskin thongs, and one
night it rumed, and we slipped out of EN-
when they got wet. Jim got away nll right;
but just us was gittn' my things on ano'd
sq,law woke up and gave the alarm. TheIe
was but four indians in the camp. The
rest had gone on a hunt. l iun, with
only my knife. They came up to me,
and had desperate fight. One shot hat
hit me in the left arm" exhibiting scar).
81 cut and sllShed the buck that had got
hold of me, and finally gave him one under
the ribs, so he won't tie any more thongs.
Aud he cut me here, too, here, anu here"
Showing sears i'll his arm, neck, and
hrua>t). So, he other buck never came near,
tor I'd got this bucks gun aiore he'd
reached U.s." ,
The rest of "Camanche Bilfs" story ;
how nc followed his sister among the Ca
manchcs, and had 4 fight with the white
chief of that nation, and other equally III
tcrcsting accounts, we shall have to emit.
But II our readers wish to see Il genuine
irontiersman, they should call upon the
"Indian fighter" himself.
The Lowell Courier complains of being
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