The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-08

John ". Forney tells The following
romantic story
shortly after I took possesslon 81 sbe
Lancaster tpA futsiligehecr, fnoKn than
lairly-f0nf years nRo--bofonm 4 had
reached mmnhDod--Mrm Dicknpm, Ehe
alninhle and gentle poatmiatEnar IN thRl
plAna handed me IA Roiled latter directed
10 The eslitor OF n newnpnpar, Nliich
shc said bad been Ia her possession tof
ore than q year. and hAd NOT hssesl de-
ivefed becauss Il lild no dehnita aadfess
Upon opening Il I t0und itdAted Log,anef
port, bldlana, aud signed by Genr9a w.
EndnR. Unitod States Indian Agent he
stated that he had only recently stepped
At an Indian wigwam ioE the nlgbl nm
the banks IN the MiBAiAHinewAy hbuWE
ffty miles south of Fort Wayne and
found II 0rcupieti by a family who wera
rich Cor Indians. and b0nated nf con-
aiderabie property In houses and lankis
He vent on 70 nsy that Ia chs eourzb Of
The evening Do noticed that The ksif 81
ono of the women was light nnd her SKIN
under her dress white, and So L. entered
into c0ll versatl0n With her. Whirh wRA
not dffsirnlt, HH hc spnlfn tha hnaMaGA
0F the tribe She lDlh him Hla0 #as
white, but had been cmrEiHd away maIen
q aiyarv small gid. She cnHld only w.
member that her name yaa hlocnm That
she had lived IN , Little hpppe o. the
banks OF The Susquehapna also -
number Of her fathers family. and the
order Of their ages but Ehr could not
recall Che name of the town from which
she was taken. Famnimmted Nv. hhiH
romantic stary, ynt nndmriilmA ha# tD
let thh facsa b0 known, hm wrote lester
and sent il 10 my native town a. Lam
caster as the place neaneRt the busqnsT
hanna that he could remember or hnF
importance. After. Is I have said, deep
ing In Tire Fyost-ofiee f0r many naontlA
lt came cut through the columns ~ my
Iitfle journal. and in that wns gol n fhe
SlocHms Of WilkeplnETes hqing the hrst
intnlligence nf the child Which bal lieah
stolen fr0En Them Gixty years befhFns
Tie brother liz Frances, who Wms OILY
two years and n half old when his sister
was earrSeti Oh NV fia ImdiAns, started
for the Indian ir1untFy I'm company With
his eldest sister. who had aided kEh 70
escape, aud another brother, then hfinE
IN Ohio, bprn after the captivity of
Frances. After o long Journey NaRy
found little wiRws2n amnng the Miami
Indians - We shall knBw FFarhraR "
said. the sister. beemmse HlAe acAk thh
mail of her first anEnF.H KDmp hrnAhHK.
hammered il Oh in the blHckamitl allcp
when abe WAh folF years old heg
entered and found . swArthy woman wliD
locked 70 be scyenty-hyc. She was
painted, jeweied, and dressed Ike an
indfnn in al respects Nothing tuE her
hair and her covered skin fRdiaataa her
origin. They g0t an interpretnr, asked
her name and where mhn wma born
Y How came that nail gone 1H HmA@ tho
eldest sister. She answered. My elder
brothcr pounded IL oH when was alittAH
child in the shop. They had disnosered
the Iong.lost sister. They akked her
Christiah nsfne. She bad fofg09ten a.
- Was Il Frances fH Az II Esnikten ily .
revelation, she answered. " Xer !" IL
wna the frst time she bad heard II pro-
nnnncod in sixty ynarR. Here they whrp
met, two brothers and two sisters, mfsmT
having been separated fur more than
half a century. The brothers were walk
ing the cabin. unable 20 speak, che sister
was drowned i'm tears, but the pow 1ndian
nnt m0tionleAsE and pnskionleRs She
could nes speak . word II English. She
did not know when Sunday came. She
Was carried or by the Indians, and when
she grew mp she married one 81 their
number. He. either died or ran away
and then Mlre married Mfmni tAinEs
since dead. She had twp daughters,
both married. who. Ahirty.RuRE ynmFH ago.
lived In al the glory pt Indian cainns,
deer-slEin clothes, and cow-slTn bead
dresses. They bad horses In abundance,
and when fhe Indian sister accompanied
her new relatives, she bridled Der horse
ana mounted II nsitida Al night she
slept on The door. with her blanket
around her They cunla 1aot pcrmiadal
her 10 return to MAkpshaEre. eEEan When
tho inrilatiqn was extended fp her dhll-
drcn. She Ind always lived with the
Indians, they had been Kind TO her hpa
she promised her last husband On his
deafh-bed she would never ieave them
u is,now nearly ninety -fgss years siEinsl
this white child awns hIr9 from her
parents home In WyonliAg Valley She
herself has been gathered TO her fathers
aud most of her dauhle family who weFi
living in 1888, with Che exception, IA
believe. of Mr.. Joseph Slccum, nov one
uf the most influential and respccsa ahaul
citizens cf Scranton. Among all the
changes thai have tnlren place In this
lonc interval. few ara mure interektsng
than this Transformation from civihsa-
ton 10 barbarism- 81, a.F s ffs "a