, 1875-03-12
INDIAN ATROCITIES.
Incidents Of tho Horrible Mas:acre a.
Smoky Hill, Kan, in September
Last.
Revolving Revelations Made blythe
Two Girl Captiycs.
Their Pitiful Condition When Brought to
the Cheyenne Agency.
Bgood.chiI'fn9 account oI Tho Murder Of Tho
Parents and Brother.

srtefa! Dhpateh ~ The Chicago Tstbane.
WICHITA. KAn., March 11.-Trom D courier
direct from the Cheyenne Agency, got
something like 81 accurate history
Of the massacre OF the Gcrmaino family
on the Smoky l1ilI, near Sheridan Station,
Kansas, Sept. II, 1874. Tho names Of thcso
n,assacred weres John f;ormuIpo and wife,
Stephen W., Janea c., aul 1,ehocca Geruaine.
Tie two captive young ladies'. Caroline and
Lizzie, aged respectively IL aud 10 years., wcrc
brought to the agency last week, and will leave
there within few days to join tAe'r rounCer
siators Adelaide aad Lucy. who were recapiurcd
by the soldiers laat January, aud nre now at Fort
Leavcnworth.
During their six months captivity thcy Gu
dused czcFy species Ct torment known to savage
dovils, and now return frnrn
THE u1pEoUs EMBRACES OF THE 1sDiAss
forlorn aod haggara In phyaical appcarauco and
mentally OH tho rorgo OF insanity. Caroline,
the elder Of the two fcccnsls released s1aters IL
a young lady Of fine intellectual accomplish
inontB, who Ht!ll retains tho traces Of natural
beauty. sho Is described by the courier az a
uodium.aizcd, slender young woman, OF tho
blonde type. with light hair and deep, expressive
blue eyes. When he aaw her emerge from the
ambulance, Bho Was
TIE MOTT FonLoHS AND rl11ADLE spECTAcLE
OF inteuaiaod mental and physical Eureriug that
ever human eyes gazed upon. sinco her body
has bccn In the possession Of the naoat lechorous
monsters on earth. abe ia only wreck OF her
former ealf. 6be is DOW encsioto, ard may not
bo able 10 leave Fort Leavcnworth tyr her homo
At Dlne Ridge, Ga., bofotn her confinement.
All the terrible scenes Of the revolving captiyi-
ty arc ylEidly photo9rapl,ed in her memory and
she declares her ability to identify, from amopg
all tic 1ndiaus ale met, the nineteen snrageH who
so brutal7 murdered her father, mother, and
three other members Of tho famiY.
THE sTony or THE MASSACRE,
as told by tho littlo girls, differs someuhat from
tho accoant gren by this young lady. She roc.
oliects that hcr father and brothcr wera !ustant-
II shot and Killed while attempting to re-. out OF
tho wagon, but that her mother WAS murdered
with M III utter repeated vlolarlou Of her per-
sou. An older Bister, m invalid, waB literally
rnyiahed to death by tho demons, although her
corpss waA muttiated afser death.
Four female members of the family were car
riod away. Tho two children Adelaide md
Lucy. whose rccapturo was related In THg Cn:-
tAno Tn1BuaE. fared hetter than Caroline and
Lizzie. During tho captivity Of tile ia:tor they
wero traded from enc band Of Indians to another,
the payment for exchange being Mado In ponies.
At ono period, when tho baud met Mexican
train, tue oder Bister made an nttempt to escape,
but wAa quickly rccaptured. subsequently tho
Chief wl!oso mistress she Tts tried 10
barter her for q number of ponies. The
bargain WAS ncvor couBnmmntel. but conpro-
misc was eHected under which q Mexican greascr
Vas permitted to pass tho uight with her. Lam
guage In inadequate to describe
TIE NEyoLTlN0 HORRORS OF THE CAPTIVITY;
snillca 1t to Say thst It was daily and Nightly
succession OF hcart.rondiug trials. similar to
thoae already described.
Towards tho closing weeks Of theis captivity,
9tono Calf. into whose pnosecssiou both ladIcs
we,o traaea, grew moro annaue Ia behavior to-
ward them. and, with desire no doubt to soften
tho recital Of tho ordeal through which they
pansoa, gavo them forty buffalo robes and q
plumber Of ponies.
immediately nfter tue massacre In the Smoky
Hill, the Indians with their prisoners made rap
Id flight southward. mud shortly Joined other
LapdB In tho rugiou Of tho Staked PRinH.
Through all tho dreary months OF rigorous
winter, IN bleak and desolato country, the un-
fortunate women were exposed to hunger
aud th!rst. bosdes being compelled to
undergo forced marches by day and
pight. II IL only a miracle that tloy aro alive
aud sane to-day. There Ia hardly doubt that
Medicine Watur, Of tho Cheyenne tribe, was the
Chief ttat commanded the massncrcng party,
and 1t III hintca that rigorous aiforts Mill TO
made to punish him and all the warriors Of tho
party.
Fragments OF silk droasos. and other articles
Of clothing Indicate that the Ger,naino family
w1a we'll to-do In tho world.