The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-08-04
A BLACK HILLS ROMANCE.

The Adventure of One of Gen. Crooks
scouts--Rescuing Prisoner and Finding
"a Wife.
fFrom the Kansas City Times.l
Old Jimmy Ramon is the hero of
romance. A real, complete, natural ro-
nance, one that has never been in print.
The oil man loves to tell it, and the main
details have been fully corroborated by
others. His romance is as follows: A
few years ago Jimmy was lettering about
Fort Laramie, receiving his So per day
rs Government scout and interpreter.
One evening the post was startled by the
report that an emigrant train had been
massacred about two miles and a half
from the fort. Worse than all, white
woman, a Miss Mary Brand, had been
carried off by the Sioux. Ramon vol
unteered as guide for a company of cav
airy. At dark the cavalry halted for the
night in ravine about ten miles north.
west of Fort Laramie, ON the Rawhide
trail. All the white men in the train on
the Platte had been massacred, and no
one had been left to tell the story except
an Irishman, who died soon after being
found. He had Leen fishing with Miss
Brand, some distance from the main
camp, when the Indian attack was
made. From him Ramon learned
enough to satisfy him that the Sioux had
gone over to Rawhide river. There he
resolved to go alone and ahead of the
soldiers, and If possible effect rescue.
He reached the Indian camp about mid
night, and secured his pony to a bush in
the valley, and soon afterwaro crawled
into the Indian camp. His long resi-
dence with the Indians taught him where
to look for the captive. He was soon
lying flat on his belly in the rear of the
lodge containing Miss Brand. He found
one old squaw sitting in front of the
lodge, humming doleful dirge, and on
raising the edge of the tepee or lodge
he discovered another old bag seated
near a small fire feeding feeble flame
with straws. He also saw the captive
white woman lying with her head to the
outside of the tepee less than two feet
away. He whispered words of caution
and cheer to Miss Brand, who started up
in alarm. This startled both of the
squaws, and the one on the outside
walked round to the edge of the lodge,
where she met sudden, a silent death
at the hands of the old scout. The other
squaw, suspecting something wrong,
gave the alarm. Quick as flash Kan
non raised up the edge of the lodge and
drew out the captive, and throwing her
upon his shoulders made dash into the
darkness. The camp was soon in an up
re ar. But Ramon made his escape with
his horse, although an arrow had pierced
his body through. He took his course
eastward down the Rawhide, while the
Indians started toward Fort Laramie,
which was due southwark from their
camp. Finding himself getting weaker
from loss of blood, Ramon drew forth
the arrow which had passed through his
body and projected out in front, and
filed his buckskin shirt around the
wounds with wet mud, and then con.
tinued his flight. At daylight he found
himself on the head of Dry Cottonwood
Greek, twelve miles from Laramie. But
the Indians were between him and the
fort. He kept out of sight, and saw
them meet and engage the soldiers he
had left the night before, and made his
way, half dead, to Fort Laramie, with
out being discovered by the Indians.
THE SEQUEL.
The result is soon told. Ramon was
taken into the post hospital and his
nurse was Miss Brand, the rescued white
woman. She stood by the side of the
sufferer until he recovered, and, being
without friends or home, ali having been
taken from her in the massacre, she mar
ried the old scout. Mrs. Ramon lives
in Keytesville, u station on the North
Missouri railroad, where she waits long
ingly for this cruel war to end. Jimmy
Ramon is now with Gen. Crook, and is
one of his most trusted scouts. He is
the last survivor of the massacre of the
Alamo, where his parents were killed.
His early life, up to the time he reached
the age of manhood, was spent with the
Comanches, who, with Gen. Santa Anna,
massacred Davy Crockett and his brave
band at San Antonio.