Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-15
A1HRILLAG sCENEiN TIE PITTS
BURG COUNTRY In I7sL
che Capture of Massey zorDiscn-
Murder of her Children ana ner
Escape from the Indians I'm 12o2.


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CONTINUED.
,ook Il of she second time and threw II
on III. ground, and again closed my eyes
with tbe opinion that should meet death
INT instead Of this, the savage again Took |
NO the horn, and with an indignant, fright |
full colntenAuce, came aud placed II on
aELin. l took II of the third time, and was
determined 10 feet it, aud shere ore threw
it, as fAr 80 | was able, from me, over the
rocks. The savage immediately went after
IT, while the one who claimed me rs his
soua~, and who had stood and Witnessed the |
transaction, came up to me and said, well
done. did right and was good squa",
and that the other WAS q lazy son OF = b; !
he might Garry it himself" cannot but
nov sutfi ciertly admire the induRent care |
OF 9 gracious God, that ~ this moment pre-
served me amid so many temptations, from
the tomAhaWk and scAipIog knife. The
ssveges nov changed their position, and the
one who claimed me as his squaW, went be-
hind. This movement, | believe, was to
prevent the other from doing me an injury;
ana we went on unul we struck the Gone
guenysiuR at Salt Lick, about 70 miles above
Butler, where was 90 IndiAn camp, where
we arrived q little before dark, having had
no refreshmen during the DAY. The camp
was made Of stakes driven ia the ground
EloLing, and covered with chestnut bark (;
and appeared sufficiently long for fifty men,
The camp appeared TO have been occupied
for some time; il was very much beaten, and
large beaten paths went out from il in diff
ferent directions. That night they took mt
about three hundred yards from the camp,
up run, with large dark bottom. where
they cut the brush in q thicket and placed
= blanket on the ground, and permitted me
20 sit down with my child. They then pin
toned my arms back, only with little lib
ersy, SO that il Was with difficulty that |
managed my child.
Here 10 this dreAry situation, without FIRE
or refreshmeHt, hAv.Ng an iDfan TO take
care oil, and my armB bound behind me, and
having q savage on each side of me, VIII
had killed two Of my children that day, /
had to pass the first night of my captivity
1s mothers, who have never lost q child BY
an inhuman savage, or endured the almost
indIscrioAble misery here related many
nevertheless think little Though it be bul
hJIlel what | endured and hence nov you
are enjoying sweet repose, aud the comforts
of peaceful and we'll Tsplenished bsbitA
tlOn SympAtEi2e with one = little, as one
wLo wa . pioneer Ia the work of cuitiva-
GUn and civilization. But the trials anC
dangers of the day | had passed, had &C
com lstsd exhausted nature that, notwith
stan1ing my unpleasant situation, and ny
determination to escape if possible, insen
SHY fell asleep, aud repeatedly dreamed Of
uy escape, and safe arrival in PIttsburR. EDo
several things relating TO the town, of winch
! knew nothing al the time, but found 10 be
true whsa | arrived there Tue frat nigh
passed away, and ] found no means o.
escape, for the savsges kept wst,h th,
whole of the night, without any sleep IL
the morning ohs of them left us TO watch til,
trail or path we had come, to see it any
white people were pursuing US During tht
absence Of the Indian, the one that ella IN 81
me, and who remained with me, and VIII
vas the murderer Of my lost boy, took from
his bosom his scalp, and prepared q hoop
and stretched the scalp upon it, Thos-
mothers Who have not seen Ine Ike done b :
one Of the scslps OF their own children
tand few If any. ever had such misery l.,
sndurs) will be able to form but part idea
of the feelings which then narrowed up my
soul; | medi,stsd escape, while he was in
the very act. tempted TO take bis tOma
hawk, which hung BY his eide and rested
on the ground, and had nearly succeeded
and was. IS | thought, shout to give III,
fatal blow when also was detected.
The savage felt me a: his tonahswi
handle, turHsd around upon M c1rsed noe,
and I5ld me / was @ al kes,' thus iuai0u
atIng he understood my intent,ons, and e.
Prevent me from doing 20 again, faced me
My excuse 10 him for handling his tom d.
hawk WAS, thai my child wanted to play
with the handle Of It, Here agsin | won
dered at my merciful preservation, for the
looks Of the Indian we're terrific in the GA
trems and these were only ar index to his
heart. But God was my preserver. Thu
savage who vert upon the lookout in the
morning, came back abOut twelve O'Clock
and hal discovered no persons then the one
who had bsen guarding me went ont on tne
same errand. The savage who was nov n y
guard, began 10 examine me about the
white people, the strength Of the my goins
against them. SO and boosted largely Of
their achieve meBts in the preceding fall ct
the defeat Of Gen ST Clair He then e1-
smined into plumber which he had brought
from our house the day before. BE fot nd
my pocket book and money in his plumber,
there were ten dollars In silver, aud hal
eagle or guinea IN gold In that book. Dur
ing this day they gave me piece of d ,
vsnison about the bulk OF en- egg, and q
piece about the same size the day before for
my support, and that of my child but
owing to the blows / mad received Fl o the m
in my jaws, was unable to eat bit Of It,
broEe it up and gave it 10 the child. The
savage on the lookout returned about dark
TtiG tvenIng Monday, the 23d they NOV
ed me to another station IN the same valley
aud secured me as they did the preceding
night, thus | found my self the second nigh
between the two Indians without fire or re-
freshments. Daring this night was fire.
quenIly asleep, notwithstanding my un-
pleasant situation, and rs often dreamed OF
my drriodi az P'ttsbuTg Early on the
morning of The 24th q flock of mocking
birds aud robins lowered over us, as we lay
IN our uncomfortable bed, ard sung, aud
said, At ieAst to my Imagination, that | was
TO get up and 90 off. AS soon as day broke
one of the Indians vent off again TO watch
the trail, az on the preceding day, and be
who was lett TO take charge Of IN :, appeared
to be sleeping.
When preoeived this, i lay still and
began TO snore, as If was asleep, and h.
fell asleep. Then | concluded il was tim.
TO escspe ] found it impossible 10 iniure
him, for nv child was at the breast, as
could not effect anything without putting
the child down, and then It would CRY ana
give the alarm, so contented myself with
taking from pillow case Of plunds
taken from our house, e short gown, he nd
kerohief, add ehilds frock, aud so msds nv
escape the then being about half al
hour high / took direction from homr
at hrs' being guided b' the birds before men
toned, and in order to deceive the Indians
then took over the hill aud struck the Con-
neRueneplnS creek about two miles from
where | crossed it with the Indians, and
went down the stream Ull about two O'Clock
IN the afternoon, over rocks, precipices