Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-06-02
Lost for a Lifetime.

olcS> DE SlfonT ptPc!i IN FAVOR OF u bill
Introduced by B. \. Billark of Pcnn~vlva
mia, which lroviclcd that one mile >Guar,
ofthe land then occupied l,y the Miami
Indians. embracing tn" house AMI inn
provements of Frances Slorum, should b..
granted in fee to her and hers forever
The b.ll became Il Law. and she occupied
this especial reserve until her death in the.
spring of 1si7.
The history of this woman WIS remark
able. She WAS the daughter of a Quaker
who lived in Wyoming Valley during the
Revolution. Several months after the
massacre of 111S, She WAS cauoht Lv Il par
" of mlrauding Delaware Indians, VIII,
sut fl before any effort could be made To-
rescue her She was five Years old at thi-
time ALOut :; month Ia:cr her father WIS
shot ly the Indians whil,. a; work in The
field near his house Knowing that h,
was goin" to hi> eternal rest the widow III
time WIS rcconrilcd to her los. bat She
could never forget her child. the last sight
of which WAS when She was i the arms OF
:; brawnv lndian struggling and callre
ptcousl y upon her parent to come to he.
help.
Th" sons Of Mrs S!ocum brcamr pro-
porous business men, and after the close
of The Revolution ihey used every c1lnlt Ia
Recover ;ieir lost sister. In LIS. TWO OF
them visited Niagara, where Il large mum
Der Of Indians were "l'hrrrd. made dill
= ut inquiries and offered liberal rew:trd-
for any information of her. They prose
cuted the S;trch or several weeks, and re
turned home with the impression that She
WAS dead
HE mother could no. h,- persuaded thlt
Stlch WAS the ease, ANA -four years later lh..
>lnculh- spent several mon h, in tn" Wc-t.
offering 5000 To any oic who would rive
authentic Information of lh" fate Of their
sister. but their success va, no better III n
b fore.
\ similar expedition WAS undertaken in
l1o1 10y four Of the brothers, with the
same result. A. in the Ross ease. the
search brought numbers OF stolen children
t. Light, but none wa- the one particular V
wanted.
Mrs. Slocum never lost faith in her
WAS >omcu uhcrc waiting To be cla>prd in
her arms. and She continued ihr search
with scarcely amy lntrrmi,-ion until l>O1
when she died, her children promising her
to use every fort to learn what had be
I''ii'' - ,,lIi' m ic'.' 'i', g ''''0.'I' '' Heu
''I9lr' ny ,.. -! .iiu.le ''i ''''l "l'' 'lI>
pcn>ivc journey t" upper SandH>ky t. see
Il ""lli'" "i1'' 'ii'ie "'> >'''iI' I''>'h /"
nope, was 'ii', one lci whom '.l'E were
finally concluded that Frances was dead
and the search ended.
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h"'ir'd z" "''IlH "' '"''I "I n'r SKIN
ahd Hl iilr I'>'lI' 81 'il' scrutiny con
vnr'd nam She WAS Il WIltr woman. ana
ne opener i ,"'iN N''~Htl'h WIN I'f- >At
'I'l'V"'' H,'' I''~ >"> IONS wee I''r't'.
>ii'' >''l' >He WIS I'"'th ny ,ll' lhH,'h-
WIN u !. very >'A!I' '4,H'. ;'h'. 'iI'' she ht'
carefully r'ncr:'I'd tlr' Tact ir"in her "WA
race whom sac met i"f f"'r 'At her r"I2-
lIN'> ""utH conn an '1h' i'r away. >h'
WIS no" - "lH iI3' >h' l'H >:lr r"'Ht L"'
iIN' 4 Grr3' "il.' longer "i'I II amy "f lrr
WI'ni> were IiNl.@ >ih' W"jIii e @."d -
see thvm. IN short sne ";t> Frances
>i"cum' And >ht rtNicihn' rel distinct y
the name "t her father though her own
ElVtn name WAS forgotten
o. rNin. ,,. w. - ~, M ''l>>''I WIN hrf
narrative 'iE'l ne addit>s'o a I"nG letter
-lN'n@ 'ne 'n.I l"r, c"I1r>' t. 'n' pos. mas
,cf ii l'H''>''i; = ne I'l'i'" "t ne
iia4 never il';'Fd "' IN" >i"ruih,. hI' ne
lud-'d rom C'r'A II answers hE'dr hy the
|'d I,'"E Il III hcF nome WIS somewhere III
una! state
l ht lc't'r rt'th'A lt> "'>tIna'i"n- ~
"ll'', 'I'' postmaster came |" r'aH II he
'"h' ''''''" II was i'''N' -" II" i
'>lde among some waste papers, Whrfc It
'"H '' NV" !''>- ~ ''i' en-" "l III a.
iiili' '''r l"r'hi',> CT I''H' 'hd lli> widow
III ~ ''''''i!''7 M ''t''>- 'i''' nl'h CO..
n'' ,''''" ''l
h'ih' "l @I"'"ih' n''' lii'i'h'hG 'iiert W'>
>"''''t'''il7, III H. sue >' III 'he mi>>IV" t.
tile Lancaster 1tfI'tf' copy OF
"lIIh' containing t'',' letter. tell INTO the
n.n"> "' new = 7''ll'''' h"Nihan- WA" WIS
t"'''lI'"'N ''i"'ii'''' Win 'ile >i"cun
'iil,H' ''''' nv IL! me- a paper |" hrl
u '',1''o' ~, WI" i''e' n. " "iINt>h'iI'-
-, ''' W ",rl.,"i @: Tue l''!rr threw th''
"n','e '"''i'''u"'.t iii'" 'N'H'ih'hl- ui'r'
t,' ncIn- = 1''' ~ ''' Vi "'''"l "> 1" 'hr
''''i'''N VI i'ilC'> AS TWO Years had
p'>st' S'li'e I''e lriIrr was written, and n
II s'ate'' '''tl ',ic Oh" itdN was uilirr a pre-
in"ii'ti"h o' ue'I' an inquiry was ad
"it>>c" ~ ~ f." "lH3' !'N 'ollh ~ >lo-
cum iiie helil'" Oh frances y prompt
feP!V' o'te' Il, l-o9ah>port' came t" hand.
>'',i"- ',i', 'i'r "I'' I''s was sui "llNc'
ana """i' pt SH!'' l" see 'htlh- ne let
yer coiltilht" Hiih"'e directions a TO the
course tfieE were |" take |" reach her
Arr'hSelilei''> were I'll once hade to DO so.
Mt. Isaac olorum ana Mrs. Mary Town,
brother and sister OF Frances. resided in
ONO. but not III the same nel%hborhood.-
,'oselil >ioe"'ii "i "likslEirrr. another
brother, started IN ms carriage, taking his
sister with nm, Whilst Isaac WIS in ad-