The daily gazette., 1875-04-24
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ERs--a WHITE MAN PARTLY EATEN
ALIVE. sf fEDia'a t'a
4 young Texan who was captured by
the Comanch Indians about q year ago
gave the following account OF his exper-
ience recently to u correspondent OF the
| Galveston NeIcS:
Il was trying to get FIVE beef steers
back to the herd early one morning last
May, when was Suddenly surrounded
by about twenty-five Comanche Indians
and taken prisoner. This happened
near Sunrise. l was tied on my horse
and carried some twenty miles that day.
At night we arrived at a sort OF camp.
where we joined fifty more Indians, and /
found they had another white man pri-
soner. | was not allowed to speak with
this man, but l could see from the blood
on his face and clothes that he was
wounded.
AS soon as the Indians had kindled a
| fire and eaten some meat, they began to
torture this second prisoner, though for
what reason | have never learned. They
beat him with a cartridge box strap With
large buckle on the end Of it, after strip
ping him of his clothes. They cut CASH
es on him with knives. They sawed off
his thumbs with an old cavalry sabre,
and smashed his toes between rock and
| the butt end Of carbine After goug-
| ing out some OF his teeth with bayonct,
and sticking cactus thorns in his flesh,
they poured powder in his ear and burnt
it. All this time the man did not CON-
plain or cry out, as he probably expected
by his fortitude, to induce the Indians
to spare his life. But III this he as mis-
taken, for they. finding that he did not
complain of these tortures, began to
cut pieces of flesh out of his legs and
back and eat them, or at least pretend
to eat. think they only chewed up the
Le,h and spit it out. Seeing that ell of
this torture did not make him cry out
(for hr had fainted) the chief stepped up
with Il sharp knife and cut out one of
his eyes, and put live coal of fire in
the socket and then put an end to his
life with knife.
The Indians then had great dance.
| was tied to q small tree. l had no
water OF anything to eat for thi2ty-six
hours. The next day about midday the
party moved in northwest course, travel
ing about twenty laila1,' and after this
we moved in northwest course about
300 miles, where We met several large
parties of Indians, some OF whom had
ueen on RAIDS III northern lexaS. re-
nained in that section of country with
the Comanches, and was kept employed
mostly herding ponies. and sometimes
dressing deerskins and buffalo hides
My clothes were all taken away from me
few days after was capcured, and l
only had pair of drawers and blanket
afterwards. l often had to eat raw ven-
ison and buffalo meat without salt.
After had been with the Indians
some six months they ceased to treat me
as prisoner, and l was allowed to go
some distance from the camp. l think
it was about the first of February I left
| them. was herding ponies. and was al
lowed to ride one of the best without a
saddle. The second night Itook my buff
falo robe and used it as a saddle, filed a
| sack with dried meat, and struck out for
| the settlements, which reached towards
the last Of the month. l sold my horse
| and buffalo robe and collected three
months pay that was due me at the
time | was captured; and now, with
| Gods help, ] shall keep out of the way
Of the Indians hereafter"