Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

A YOUNG GIRL STOLEN NY AN INDIAN
CAPTURE AND ESCAPE or THE All
DuCrOR


One Of tho main tributaries OF th,
Little Arkangas river is the Running
Turkey creek, ut the mouth of which
is Jim Geary's ranch, an old stopping
place in the days when government
provisions were hauled from For,
Parker to the Indian Territory by bull
and mule teams. This ranch was es
tablished by Geary many years ago.
He was an old frontiersman, scout and
bullwhacker himself, and In conse.
qucnce Of his extensive acquaintance
among this class of mon, soon cstab-
lished an enviable reputation for his
ranch, and as soon as all danger from
indians was past, through his instru-
mentality number Of emigrants were
persuaded TO settle around him. For
q number of years oil went well. The
settlers raised good crops, for which
they received high prices. Tho repu-
tation of the location selected by Gcary
was established, and the farmers
around his old ranch are almost count
less. Among the early settlers was q
family from Ohio named Falconer,
consisting OF Robert Falconer, his wife
Sarah, and an only daughter, Bessie,
about II years old These people had
amassed small fortune, and were
looking forward to the time when their
daughter would marry some thrifty
farmer, and be placed in such posi-
ton of independence that they could
leave this world without any appre-
tensions regarding her future. The
girl was engaged to q young farmer
who was possessed Of stout arm, q
warm heart, indomitable courage, and
good homestead, and, had nothing
happened, would have been married
last Friday evening
The time for the marriage arrived ;
so did the bridegroom and invited
guests, but no bride appeared. Her
parents, supposing she was in her
room, went to the door TO warn her
that the time for the ceremonies had
arrived, when 10 their dismay they
found the room empty. 1t was early
evening, and not yet dusk, 80 they
walked to the window and cndeavored
to discover the truant. They saw rap
idly disappearing through the timber
on the creek bank man carrying in
his arms the form OF young girl,
which from the dress they Immediately
recognized as that Of their daughter.
The alarm was given, and the whole
party, well armed Immediately started
in pursuit. Within few minutes
they were within gunshot of the fugi-
tive, but were unable TO use their
weapons in consequence ofhis shielding
his body with the form OF the bride
elect The young lover was almost
frantic, and overtalsing the almost
breathless abductor, he seized him,
and, after brief struggle, wrcsted the
girl from him. The abductor was a
lazy Cheyenne Indian, who had loafed
around the neighborhood for year or
two AZ the same time when the
farmer regained his sweetheart the
savage by a skillful movement and an
ecl-like wriggle, escaped from his hold,
and started on keen run down the
creek. The pursuers, however, were
too much for him, and one of their
number brought him TO the ground by
n well-aimed bullet from q needle-gun
II was soon asccrtained that the red
man was only wounded in the thigh
He was taken prisoner and lodged in
a neighboring dug-out, from which he
escaped in the night, carrying the
ncedlc-gun ball in his thigh, and has
not since been heard OF, although
search has been made by the friends o.
the young lady, whose wedding has
been indefinitely postponed, in conse
qucnce of a serious attack Of brair
fever, the result of her fright at th'
treatment Of the savage