Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-10-31

snakes daughter, who was to be his squaw
She was not as comedy as some of the In
dian girls present, neither WAS she al
young; but Mapes exhibited no aversion te
his wife, and Rattlesnake in his lioerality.
gave his daughter as dover fine lodge,
a dozen ponies and few goats. With these
Mapes and bis squaw commenced lodge.
keeping.
| There was one thing connected with this
arrangement that our newly made chief did
not relish. He was bound never to leave
the camp without his wife's permission, and
she took care that he was always under hel
eyes. For two years Mapes continued with
the Apaches, never wholly losing hope Of
escaping He was now burned SO deep a
hue by exposure that it would have been
difficults at first sight to have recognized
him as q white man During the period OF
his sojourn with the Apaches he traversed
nlanv thousands of miles about the country,
but he never once showed signs OF fatigue
or discomfort
The camp Of the Apaches was often visit
ed By traders, and when these men had CON
Guided their sales to the savages they were
usually followed by few Indians, who
waylald them and returned with the plum
der to their camp. One would think such
treacherous acts as these would have deter
red traders from visiting them ;; but such
Mapes was among them
At the termination of the second year CT
his involuntary chielship, Mexican trader
came into their camp They were then at
Comapche Creek, a distance OF seventy
three miles from San Antonio. Mapes ha''
often been at the place in other days, and
the sight of it awakened anew in his heart
the desire for liberty
The trader had got through his business
and departed, when the proposition was
made to follow and kill him and recover
what they had paid him. For the first
time, Mapes asked permission to be one of
the party, and was referred to his wife,
Il was only upon the most solemn assur-
ance that he would return that he obtained
her consent. The party, however, was in
creased to five, it being usual to employ
only couple Of Indians in matters such as
this.
The trader had got days start when
Mapes and bis party set cut on the trail. -
They came upon him as he was camped
near the Rio Saco. Keeping out of view
until evening set in, they secured their
ponies and began to amuse themselves, =
Mapes had managed to obtain bottle of
whisky from the trader when he was at the
camp, and be had carefully preserved it for
future use He now produced it, but his
Apache friends were cautious and did not
intend getting drunk while they had him in
charge.
They, however, drank sparingly of the
bottle, which with the exercise Of the Journ-
ey brought on drowsiness which soon cul-
minated in sleep. Now. if one attempts to
walk with ever so light step in the vicinity
of sleeping Indian he will awaken direct
ly Mapes, who was lying beside them, I'm
derstood this He therefore commenced to
move uneasily in his sleep, rolling over sew
eral times.
With great caution he repeated his rolls
ing stratagem until he had got quite dis
lance from the sleepers. when he noiselessly
arose to his feet and hurried directly to the
ponies Selecting bis own, he quickly
drew ous.hs knife and hamstrung the others.
Then be jumped on his horse and rode for
liberty.
Vandenburg was distant but fifteen miles,
and Mapes never drew rein until he halted
in the midst OF it. The people aocked from
all parts of the town to get sight of bin,
and hear his strange story His Apache
wife must by this time be weary Of watching
for his return, and if she wishes to see him
will have to visit one of our commercial
cities, where, at the present moment, he is
engaged in more Christianlike occupation
than taking scalps.
A STRUGGLE WITH DEVIL Fish. Mr..
Charles B. Brainerd, of Boston, in writing
to the Scientific American about speci-
mems of the devil fish, relates this interesting
incident:
1.-THE strength which these creatures pos.
sess is almost beyond comprehension, as is
evinced by what took place when my pet O
was captured, He had seized hold Of sub.
marine diver at work in the wreck of sunk
en- steamer off the coast Of Florida. The
man was powerful Irishman who claimed
to weigh 800 pounds. His size and build
fully verified his statement, and, to use his
own language. the haste landed on top of
my shoulders and pinned my arms tight
felt my armor and myself being cracked
into jelly. 1t seems that he was just about
I ster would have killed him, for be was suf.
fering so from the terrible embrace that he
could move no part Of himself When drag
ged onto the raft from which he had descend
ed and finally released, he had tainted The
men on the raft seized the fish by one of its
wriggling arms and tried to pull it off, but
could hot break the power of single one
of the suckers The fish was only removed
by being dealta heavy blow across the sack
containing the stomach. This sack stood
stif1y up abo We, the eyes stood out like lob
sters' eyes, and CLEANED like fire. The
monster is, al-inall, one Of the most fright
full appartions it could be the fate of man
to meet 1t fulfls in every particular the
horrible features attributed to it in Victor
Hugo's ''Toilers of the cea' Notwith
standing the severits with which the able
Frenchman has been criticised for creating
a non descript with his weird imagination. :"
the truth must be granted that his monde.
script has an actual existence. as is eviden-
ced by the specimens in Brighton and Ham
burg as well as my OVID
FIVE GENERATIONS - On Sunday last the
Rev. E. D. Owen, cbristened Manda Min.
erva, aged three months. at the residence of
Mr. Samuel V. Hurdle. There was present
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