, 1875-03-16
INDIAN RARGAnlTlE5.
Tho Sud Fnto or tic Gcrmain
Family.
I'll Slory rs Toll hy Orc Of tie foung Ladies
Jnst itxutd iralu the SGtuges.

| sr'edai B'stai.h 10 Tar Ch,-aoe YTfb4trt.
WICHITA, Nam, March l5.--lronl acotrcspond-
cnt Of tho Kansas City Timer, who has inst Ar-
rived here from tho Cheyenne Agency, your cos-
respondent has loatncd the following conccrs,-
Ing tho two German gsrln. recently RESTORED FROM
captivity with tho Cheyenne tr,bo,
Catherine, tho Oldest, has snffcrcl untol1
crnoltles from the demons who hayo lad lcr In
tneir possession. Shc told
THE FOLLOWING sroEY:
Ny fathers family consisted Of himself,
Lydia g.. his wife, aud seven children Retocea,
aged al Stephen. IN Johanna, 15 ;,nyaoif, II !;
Sophia. III; Julia, 7; aud Nancy, t.. We lott
our old home in Morganton, Tannin County,
Ga, shout f'To ycars ago. and removed to How'll
County, Missouri. From lhero xe went to
Kansas, and, when ovqlsaken By tho 1n;liauH.
wcro going 10 Colorado fer my slster Jo-
hanna q health.
""c cncau,ped IN tho banks OF tho smo:y
Hill River, in Cousral Kannas. about II miles
from the tract, Of tho Kans.s Pacific Railroad,
and within 30 miles Of Fors Watlaco on Thurs.
day night, Sept. 10, 1871. The next morning
went DOM tue ri.ers bank to drive up the ca:-
Tic. and, when returning, heard ehots and 5e1ls.
Running towards tho wagon, I tsw MY poor
father shot through the back, and my mosheg
tomahawkcd BY . big indian. They we're hath
Rcalned whflo yet living. IN old aquaw rsn up and
stuck An IL Into father'G head. aud eft It there.
Heoecca s1szed an aE and attempted TO defend
herself: she was sonn ,1 oye,poweFed md knockd
covesad with blood. taVeral Indians outraged llor
pcrBon. They then tore or clothes of, aud COZ.
cred ler up With hed-closhca from tho Wagon.
These we're set Gro to, and tny darling aIstot Was
nEnSED 70 nEATH.
Stephen waB killed nnxs, bis 1catp being taken.
Sitter Johanna and myself wero placed eIo by
ride, and tany came tsp to inspect us and eco
which ono thoy should kin. Tho chotce fell on
heai.
"Tring uH,-sophia, Julia, Nancy, aud N.Y.
ee'f,-they hurried na across the prairicH, going
south. Hy clothca wcro torn from ne: waB
and 1nade tho wits Of tho Chief who could catc.,
Inc when fAsteued upon a 1torso Which wss set
lonae on the prairie. I don't know what Inliau
caught me. uaB ulade The victim Of theic de-
stres,-
NEARLY ALL N TIE TRlrE,-
and vHs beaten and whfppcd TINA and timo
again. They mado Me carry wood aud water
Inc the squawa, i lad to kill lors. md cook
them for tho 1udlans to cat. We Ind nothing.
but log-mast and horse. meat.
"uurny the time we weienway from the homo
camp OIL The stakod Plains. 'oarly frozo, 1ho
Enow waa sory deep. and bad nothing tn
kenn me warm Ect blanket. Hath my feet were
frozen and my nails cana OH from my tdct
Sophia waB With me- but little Of the time; wlero
Aho went. don't knew.
Il am positive TIN. Gun identify overy one Of
the seventeen lueMbeIs Of tho rar!y that lnts-
desed nv family. Acdicine-Nater was will
them, aud. bolisye. was the :eador. l do not
caro- to 20 nW'sy Iron, lore Al have no home.
Illov are YER; hind to mo At the Mission and
1cel that good Mfe. Mills is mother to me-"
Sophia Is q srry little glrl for lie: age. and does
not apparently apnreciats her condition.
Tttis virtually ends the indian trotloleR, ~ all
have surrendered except straggiins banla.