The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-02-03

Ciuinp Ol small trees, SAW Que Ol Tue liuui-
Der sp:ing from his horse into the dense
chapparel and disappear from the view of
the borsemen. The cavalcade fired few
shots at or toward him, and IA half dozen
of them dismounted and pursued i'll the
direction he took, but of no avail. The
escaping man ran directly toward where
the Apaches lay in the bushes, and ran
into their midst. They seized aud bound
him, mounted, and lashed him to a horse,
and at once took flight. They travelled
toward the Apache chief town by a cir
cuitous and concealed route, and reached
it after six days travel.
The prisoner was much alarmed at
first but, finding that his death was not
TO be immediate, he seemed to put his
mind TO studying out sorueplan of escape;
but they kept him securely bound till they
arrived in camp. Then they decided to
keep him until a grand fe;e day, some
months ahead, and then put him through
the gauntlet and end his life in grand
carnival. He for some time was as rest~
less as captive bear, walked up and
down his small inclosnre and talked to
himself incessan;ly But before the day
arrived for his taking off:-tbis is the cap
tain's term, not the lndan's--he had
become somewhat resigned TO his caplivi>
ty, had learned something Of the Apache
language, and gave them something Of his
history. They got interested in him, and
promised to give him his life in return for
his solemn promise that lie would never
attempt to escape. He married the chiefs
daughter, and, on the death Of the chief,
became chief himself. He had four suns
and a daughter. The Oldest son became
chief in bis turn, aud is tie chief who is
the subject Of our story
The white chief taught them, while
among them, the secrets of the Great
them to make the Apaches the strongest
tribe IN the West to pass through the
country of the white IN an in safety ever
where to obtain information of their en-
emies and their movements always. and
from their very enemies themselves; and,
by pass words and signs, TO know an ene~
my or friend as far as seen. They al
ways have kept ard still keep one Of their
educated haIf-breeds in the camp Of the
whites, and, by the secrets of this g95at
society, be is always able to keep them
informed of every movement of any kind,
and of every plan of attack on them, as
soon as that plan is known to the chiefs
of the enemy themselves. And, when
captured, they are almost always sure to
effect an escape, released by some mem
Der of the society among the ehen.y.
The great white chief told them that
the society extended all over the world !;
taught them all the ceremonies connected
with it; taught this maiden to make the
badges and insignia worn by the initiated,
and on certain days, tie 24th day of June,
and some others, they walked in process
sion, and held grand dance at night -
They believed him to be the son Of the
Great Spirit. He is buried at the Colds
en- Mountain, and his grave is walled and
covered with gold. and is their sacred
place of worship. They gather now every
year on The oath of June.
This great white chief told them that he
was moons" (months) on his journey
from his starting point that he was taken
prisoner in Batavia, \. Y, and from
there taken to and confined in Fort Nj
agara, in the latter part of September of
the same year in which he came to the
Apache country.
The reason of his imprisonment was on
account or his going ~ publish book
divulging the secrets of The great society
III was kept prisoner at Fort Niagara till
September 10, when he was taken in a
close carriage and driven, via Buffalo, n.
Y. to HeRnepin, Ill =, on the Illinois river,
and thence taken in flat boat 10 the Mis-
sissippi river, down which he foated to
New Orleans. There he was placed on a
vessel and sailed TO the mouth Of the Rio
Grande river, and proceeded up that river
on horseback 10 FL Paso, where the Apach-
es found him. His captors intended TO
give him into the hands of some Jesuit
priests among the Indians, near where
they captured him. His captors passed
down through Mexico and escaped. That
great white chief was the man supposed to
have been murdered by the Masons, Wil~
liam Morgan, and the subject of this
story, his son Conchise.