The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-02

Acy vss so1p~sd ~ he Owners,
wh0 Go - tAc council I sent IN
ineKpeew md few men to the
canrs whsse TIE horses were talen,
Aad tAe1 suocee1ed in recosesin6
Gsveseesn ef1ae sIolon hUsen Hi
Ettls 49, Gocted = - coanciI- Ee
de1sE1aiGa cDald ~ prucsnsd togo y
Wa1AinGfnn, and no promise Of The
6e1ivesing " the csptivcs; On the
eCntzsFy he speakers were very de-
6aae. Amer the council, however.
Kicking Bird sent word 70 me that
- intea5ed to bring in tie csptivea
. 80 - he cosld, buf could not
Tn loo aeny days il would be. He
ailnw.rds tod g. Bcede and several
oeAess thst - was gong to bring
thsn n, md be vss urged by friead
Beede 20 take shco = soOa = posi-
H.. Bus Il w9lle bve II dir ~
sions, md fear a soldiers and not re-
spsc4 foe ny white nm thst caused
then % make the promise
II 800 wssas two a the capaives
vas bsolgAt 70 tie AGENCY. About
thas tire de Indians vere informed
thae two Coomissicoes, Dr.. Parrish,
a Philsdelphia, and Capt H. E Al
word, q virginia, were coming TO
bo,d comoil and get some Of them
10 take 10 WsshinGto0. The d.. ar
rived q lie sgesey very sick and in
about TOO veeks deceased After
much hbor he Captain succeeded in
gssting asielegstin Of Kiowas and
Cunanches to 70 to Washington
Tie Kiowss then came for nations
nyine that the Captain told them
thst DIZZY should be fed If they would
let tben Chiefs 90 70 Washington. !
tod then that the people whose
Chiefs had gone could have rstions,
bat the rest could have mono until
the osher captive was returned He
WAS then soon brought in, for. they
had got very hungry for coffee, sugar
and hour.
Soon after the delegation started
Col Mckenzie followed . raiding
band 10 the Quahsda camps and sur
psised them; but instead Of fighting
8 they had sent word to me that
they wished to do, the men, with .
very few exceptions. ran away. and
left more than one hundred women
and children to be taken prisoners.-
The band then came TO the agency
ready to shake hands and make peace.
They stated that they were ready to
locate, go to raising crops or do any
thing that ! wished them to. if |
would only have their women and
children returned 10 them. l told
them that there WAS no use talking
about their women and children while
they held captives. They must first
bring in the white children that they
had and then we would talk about
theirs, which were held by the sol
dicrs in Texas, but had no control
over them.
As there were representatives
among the Indian prisoners from
every band Of Comanches, they were
al interested in having the captives
among the Quahadas At once deliver
ed to me, as they could easily see
that there would be but little hope
Of recovering their own people until
this was done. Two white boys
were soon brought in with informa-
ton that these were all they had,
and now they wanted me to do what
could for them. One Of the cap
tives was Adolph Kon, q German
about II years old who had been
with the Indians for some years.
The mare Of the other was Valentine
Maxy, eight years old, and had been
with them for near three years. As
captives are not allowed to talk Eng
lish in the Indian camps, children
som lose the language, which WINS
the case with the latter boy. He
did not know his own, or his par
enis names, but recalled the occur
rences Of his capture, which led to
his Identification. These two boys
told me Of two more who were in
the camps. When told the Indian
about them, they assumed 10 know
nothing about it, but told them
who the children were living with.
and they must be brought in, which
after some time was done. One Of
these proved to be boy by name Of
Smith, aged shout IA, who had been
with them about three years. The
other was Temple Friend, aged
twelve years. He had been q cap
tive about FIVE years. The latter
had also forgotten bis name and lost
the English language. His grand
father, . Methodist Minister, had
been to the agency q year before to
see ii nc could by any means assist
in recovering his child which l was
satisfied was with the Qua-ha .da
band Of Comanches. But all our ef-
forts appeared to be futile, and he
had to return without his loved boy,
leaving the case with God to accom-
plish what We were unable to do.
Concluded neat ,ceek.