The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-04

into her new life - white ssuaw. Her
romantic ideas seem 70 have received
terrible shock since her introduction 70 her
new home and relations, and though she
endeavorsd 10 fulnll her mission % . teach
Or and missionary 70 the best Of her abili-
ties, her progress appears 70 have been %
slow % the progress Of civilization on the
plains. She states that her frat great sur
prise WAS being required to mount upon
wild Vicious pony, and travel without
saddle or attention over the country from
the Missouri to the White Earth River, .
distance Of several hundred miles. Her
inability 70 make the journey provoked
mirth among her husbands companions,
aRd anally slasperatsd Squatting Bear un-
I'll be bound her with rope 10 the pony's
back and led the animal himself on the
westward trail. She was still more sur
prised 70 And her husband possessed oftwo
other wives, one vicious, dirty squaw OF
forty years of age, the other . girl OF
scarcely fourteen years. Her life in mis-
wigwam, or teepee, was not a. bright and
happy % she expected Il would be. Her
hus6snds absence was taken advantage OF
BY her rivals 10 compel her 70 perform the
vilest drudgery, such - gathering wood,
cooking meat, and scrsping robes tor the
tanning process, but during Squatting
Bears presence at homo Miss Barber
appears 70 have been better treated. Her
husband, in . VIOLENT At Of passion, killed
bis Oldest squaw during the hrst year she
was with the tribe, whom, without warning
or notice, Miss Barber was hurried Of TO
the main camp Of the Brules, three days
Journey toward the mountains, and from
thence she accompanied the tribe on Its
annual buffalo hunt, whore she became
sick from exposure and fatigue. She
was left al temporary drying camp at
Rawhids River, where che attempted to es-
cape BY walking 70 Fort Fetterman, . dis
lance Of nearly sixty miles. For this at.
tempt she was beaten until nearly dead
and then sold by her husband for three
ponies to . Cheyenne chief, who sportsd
the expressive sobriqust Of Coco Cross OF
Bacosides. She was taken North In 1870
and has remained with the Cheyennes ever
since, until her escape this spring.. when
she made her appearance and claimed
the protection Of the authorities at Fort
Benton. Miss BARRIERS experience, would
no doubt, make story more thrilling thar
that of the Escaped Nun She 10 9
woman rather plain In appearance, Skin
tawny and black, eyes small, dark and ex'
pressive, voice rather masculine-and, IL
fact, lust such q woman - Mrs. Col0ne
Anthony or Tennie ClafRn would choose
for second in command. Miss Barber
conversed with our reporter without thu
least difidence, and answered any question
asked Of her. She says that so far - th'
romance of Indian life 10 concerned, she
found none of It. Her efforts to teach and
reform the young Indian children were
treatedwith indifference and contempt. Shs
learned the;;Sioux language easily, but the
Cheyenne dialect was harder TO acquire
She had much higher opinion Of the
Cheyennes than of the Sioux. The latter
tribe she SAYS are to blame for nearly sls
the thieving and numbering done In the
white settlements. She found 1t necessary
TO paint the color like the rest Of the trib,
while she was with them, and twic'
, with essed the murder or execution Of hit
men, one soldier belonging ~ the Thirty
second United States Infantry, who had
been taken while out hunting, who wa
burnt and scalpsd; tho others were twt
teamsters brought from Fort Mcpherson
All three were burnt ct place called Sad
dlers' Hill, in the Nebraska Bad Lands
"Miss Barber has . poor opinion o.
Grants Quaker policy, which she says 10 {
perfect farce, and Is 80 regarded BY the
Indians. She asserts that there will be nc
peace while white men intrude into the
buffalo range, or tempt the cupidity Of the
Indians by bringing stock and valuablei
out into exposed frontier settlement. The
Indians have the greatest contempt for the
white mems judgment and the efficacy OF
the soldiers.
"Miss Barber left the steamer Fontenelle
at this port, and after q few hours resi-
started on her way TO the homo Of hel
friends, at Milford, Massachusetts"