The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-04-03

him, and to be the principal spoke
man, was very em barrassing TO hir
Anticipating the talk that the India,
had given him, l asked him about h
parents, brothers. sisters and rel,
tions, and If he thought they had Ia
mented for him, to which he answer
ed that he supposed they were sti
crying for him. About that time til
Mexican interpreter came. and I wen
over tho eame ground again. dwelling
upon bis home endearments. l the'
told him that there were many Tndi
ans here. but none of them shouI,
hurt him; he was in my house, aud h,
should not be molested, say what h.
would; that he need not be afraid oil
the Indians or Of me or Of anybody
| else; II he wished tn be . Conan ch Z
Indian, and live with them, say 90
and should not hurt him. nor should
| anyone else. and Ii he wished to gC
home to his father and mother. broth.
ers. sisters and relations. say 90, and l
would at once send him there, and
mono Of the Indians should harm him.
After some hesitation he said. "Meyar-
70" tgo). . word which I had heard
hundreds OF times. but never before
was it accompanied with such thrill
Of thankfulness to God for giving the
moral courage to the boy to come to
and give expression to such q decision.
He at once returned his coat and
breast plate, and the Indians soon dis
persed. He then informed me that
the Indians had threatened to kill him
II he told me that he wished to leave
them. notwithstanding the Indians
had told me that he was the last cap
tive they had, he told me OF others
among them.
The boy was washed, dressed, bis
hair trimmed, and started that even
ing TO overtake the four other cap,ives
who had started In care of the Militia
~ Department to San Antonio to be
returned to their people.
The aiduous task of recovering cap
tives was to be renewed. I told the
Indians they need not think that /
should relax In my efforts to procure
captives. so long as / knew Of their
having any. They agreed to bring In
two, which again was all they had.
But when the day came, they brought
but one-a little Mexican boy abo ut
ten years Of age, captured four years
previously. He was bright and talka-
tive, aud had evidently been y pet Of
Pars-O-coon. the head chief of the
Qushada Indians, to whom he belong,
I'd. / at once imagined that they had
brought him in alone, thinking that
he would prefer to return with them
than to remain with strangers, whose
language he could not understand. l
again sent for u Mexican int rpreter
to head them off II possible. While he
~as coming / had the captive supplied
with . good dinner, which he reiisheti
to the fullest extent. but had no use
for knife or fork In disp,,sing Of it
When through. had the Mexican In
.rrpreter talk to him in room away
rom the Indiana. who sDon became |
Uneasy. They, N weIi ~ /, nad
point to make. which were opposite
t. make an Indian Of
the little boy. mine to prevent 1t il
possible.
At length the child was brought in
% the office, where, young rs he was,
ne was to make decision. which Ia
III probability would affect his des-
my through life. il not through
The Indians co tended that
NJ he vas captured in Mexico. and the
dexicans had not demanded him,
hat had no jurisdiction in the case
told them that the Mexicans and
! americans were friends aud should
vet the part Of . friend in returning
Aptives to them II they wished to 60.
When they saw that dodge would not
nswer, one OF the chiefs called the
title boy to him, and said "Do you
refer to remain here with the Agent
Z return with the Comanches ?" He
Bplied, II would rather return with
he Oomanches This received the
earty applause Of the Indians. I
hen told the boy that If he wished, l
,Ould send him to his former home,
'here he could be with his brothers,
lsters, uncles, aunts aud cousins, sew
raj Of whom he remembered his
sreDts had been killed by the Indi-
ns), and now to tell me whether he
'ould rather go there OK return with
1e Comanches. He said that he
'ould rather go home to his relations.
his answer started the tears from
araOcOOn, who had become much
ttached t. his little pet. But the
ase was decided, and sent the Mex
'an interpreter with the child out of ,
10 room as wanted no moro talk"
q that case.
BY continued urging, two more
[exican cap,ives about fifteen years
age were brought on the 25th Of the ,
I'd mo-, one week after Presliano the .
oove mentioned boy was recovered, ,
no had been retained at the agency, ,
, the school was not In session ut that
me, where he had become attached :
} us all, and was rs merry and happy ,
J bird In spring. | had told Pres I
ano that when the other two boys >
Ime wanted him to talk with them ,
I'D induce them II possible to remain,
hich he did as soon as they came in
the ofiice. aud soon told me that one
them intended to remain aud the
her to return with the Comanches.
told him that after they had eaten !.
inner ] would send them into u room
ith . Mexican interpreter and he !,
lust talk again. There he stood out
} the floor and plead like y lawyer,
'lling them how kindly he was treat I
here, what an ample supply Of good i
rovisions he had. good house to
ielter him from the storms, warm
re TO sit By, how comfortably he ,
ept upon the floor rolIsd up in bian-
ets. &c. He appears to be- . natural
rstor, fluentIy speaking in Spanish,
hich 10 much used in the Indian