Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-01-05

LET let 5 Ispss,F PassF ,- s1Ss
\ story Of au4l'4a captivity.
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Col. rosasy fusnrshes Sho following . tho
Washington Chronicle IA
Shortly after I Ir0ok possession of sheeLan.
four yepisssago- before had ;:ttccached man.
hood-Mrs. Dicksou, sha> amiable and Gentle
postmistress Of that placd, handed me- soiled
letter diseated to ftha editor ola; ;ncwspaper,
which she said had beea1i in Sher possession
for more thpn yeaEu and had; Dot been de.
livereds sSesSauso isfaa n6 definite addsess.-
Upon opening it found it dated CEosans.
port, IeapSa, andssiRuepby George ,Ew.
ing, Uaitsd States fs fsdias)Agent Hestated
shat he tealy recently stopped at az Indian
wigwa% fe5 tho night 0a thss ban IL 'oa;f the
Mississinewa, abolN Fifty piles'soutb of Fort
Wayne AND found At Occupied by a family
who wef6>rioh for Indiaps, and boasted Of
considerable property in houses and lands
He won't on to say that in thescourses 6f the
evening .henoticed that the hairof ono Of the
women Yas light and her skin under her
dress, white and 80 he entered into coirS1'gersa
tion with her. which wasI not difficult. as he
spoke theslenguage of the tfibo. Shetold
him she-was white, but had -been.~oarried
away when very small gicL She, e,aould
only reheh ber that her nam O. was Slocum
that shSslfdd lived IN aolitties housosop tho
banks of the Susquehanna; also tho, number
Of her fathsr's family, a3 thes' order of their
ages; but she could not recall the name Of the
town from which she wab Jaken. Fasstnated
by this romantic story, yet updecidedshow to
let the faces be known, he wroSs letler and
sent it to my native town Of lancaster as the
place nearest the susquehann4shat he could
remember Of any Importance: After, as 1
have said, sleeping in the postoffice for many
months, it came out through cthe columns of
my little journal. and in that way got to the
Slooums of Wilkesbarrc, being the 6rst in.
telligence Of the child which had been stolen
from them sixty years befo-esSi iThe brother
OF Frances, who was only two years and
half old when his sister was carsicd off by the
Indians, started for tho Indian country in
company with his eldest sister, who had aided
him to escape, and anothefSbrother, then
living in Ohio, born after the captivity Of
Frances After long journey they found q
little wigwam among the Miami Indians-
"We shall know Frances" said the sister,
"because she lost the nail of her first finger.
You, brother, hammered it off in the black
smith shop when she was four years DID,
They entered and found swarthy woman
who looked to be seventyfve She was
painted, jeweled, and dressed like an Indian
10 oil respects. Nothing but her hair and
her covered skin indicated her origin. They
got an Interpreter, and asked her name and
where ahe was born. GLOW came that nail
gHe? sqh1the.flaess dster. She 9hswersd,
"My eldet hrdtReH pbnnded it ofEwhepp I Ias
little child IN the shop" They had dis.
covered the long. lost sister. She had forgot
ten it. "Was it Frances?" AS if smitteu
sSe arss ss sS a h5sra i Tia ;s
sixty years. Here they met, two brothers
aud two sisters, after having been separated
fonn9ores sthanoha1f aIcentufy. The brothers
wsrei weikiug 4h iedbin, unable to speak 1.-THE
sistesew dfo%ded ID tears ba. sho poor I'd
ssss %sf @ 'sf Hsss gs;sse'' sbs sss Ss
not know MhesaSnnday, osu,es % Was not this
the contamination of ignorance in 70, descend
ant Of the Puritans? She was carried off b{
the Indians, aud when she gFeaoupAh mar
sa ssa eSsy ess =. s married. s s'As' @
ohisf( (saass dsadl She had two daughters
bskho Eafriedy dypwko,stkiftysfout years ago
hsedliU all che glory Of, Indian. cabins, doer
skin cloths, and COW skin head-dresses. The,
had horses in abandance aud when, the ii
dian sistarueacQalps1is9 step new Irelatives
ahg bridled her horse and mounted it astridy
HGIIhiIg ,1isRs slept on The 'dpor, With he,
bIshket around hag They could not persuad,
hM ta rsthtnesh Wilhesbarre, even when til
inyitahpa vas extended ID her.ebirdren sSh,
had always liyedswith the Indians, they .hat
beenkind lite 'har,saHd she promised her las
l,usbaddson his death bed she Would neve
ssss ,s.ss shs ssis ssrf y, 3s'y tJs s" s
her pprents' home 10 Wyoming Valley. sh'
hersaN has been gathessd 10 hoy fathers, ant
mosEof her double family svssa were liyin,
in 1B98, yishstEe exception, helieve, %
Nj sfosepk s}IecuSns nos one 81 tie most ID
aues1jal and of SSrautoH
AmS1g all thb1cI apgSe bae hay 3 taken plac
in slsis long interval, nv afs more interest
ioT sthansth Information from civilization
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