The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-08-05
A Wild Woman's History.

A VITA W OmNu'S History.
HoNrspALE, Pa July 90 There" snid sher.
1T Mallory spencer Os he pu lied omen the pom.
dprous door " one OF the cells oil tle county lail
in this place. There is n woman with history,
ON lew uhuir m the Ccil sat most SinRu'
lar looking person. A round, winkied sun.
burned free small head crowned with tDCk.
shqpgy gray II. that iCl dow over nid al.
most concealed this bluC est and shhrpest ut
eyes slender body, cl1lict IN Scnnl hhu hnab'
hy female gNtb, ana AHdI llinb- chchscd ~ Tao
tered tUusers-tnI4 wus the Occuuaut OF the
Csl-Lucy Ann Luldell slater hctlGr known
as the Ieunle Hunter OF Long LddV'
About ful.y Eve wears ago family named
LubdeE h,ed IN Del wnie county n, v, nt
what is now the village Of Lone EDDY, on the
delaware river and the lIric timlWly. lbt To-
Calty was We spursoly settled tllrn. LUMBER
ing was the calling OF the pcOplr Ol u" We nilv
The LobdellS dWe't IN c9R,n W. tiu No"1S,
of Lucy Ann, was born. From the iimo tls
Child VIVA old enough TO walk she was great
fayorte among the hardy WuodcHurpais ana
rnitsmen. The, often took her OF IN tue LOGGING
camp and kept her days Ht q time, ana slr earY
beratne enurel to the haldsmps ana urvaiiOn3
of their life. The lumuorm6n iu tNosy dals
were All good huntcra aud alw. Us carried then
iiGns with them. Before Lucy Ann was Ishl
y,nrs od they had taught her the use Of the
ilne ana abe soon became rs good = shot hs
I ere was in he ettemeut NJ the age ~
twelve she couid uuish0Ot any NJ the men, Ind
h ndled the TX win tla QrNt.tiY OF au ou
chopper. Before sue had rra Lei tho uEe
of sixteen she bud k.ic' several deer, ana
Tor her To gu away into thr forest hOhe Hnd ne.
main over night WIS not an uncommon thing
She once slew panther Ou one Ol he hunung
exploits aud Iht skin CI the annual Is Sui in Ia"
pos esslon uf former 81 Grlt ut Way me county
pcunSV lVaulp.
In spite Of masculine tastes. Lucy Ann Lob.
de rs nams ns glll AMI woman was irer from
Teptoach aud sh, could lay had her choice oi
n husband & ON the best y-Iag men IN that of
the adjuining settlym nts. But shs bad no III
ClinatiOn TO malry, ana she Jtcted all on rs.
A rnftsman named Henry Slat-r cnme about
the year Ia D, to work at tie Ba-ket ns the set
tleuieit was Ctlle1 He formed the Gcqumnl-
ance of Lucy Ann, and to the surprise OF every.
one they were ritd slater hud proposed TO
the grl, ana she told hun lh"t they would shoot
at II ina K with tnc rife, he beat hsr sho's
she would nlsfry him If not she would 'ennin
with her parents The trel of SEll took place,
snu the ruitsuln was vic ullJus. slater proved
q worthless husband ana neglected Ent abuse
his wite. A year after they were IN rIleu Mrs
slater gave bin III to q dau inter Bg.Orett Has
twn ", Vks 0lh gigtnr deserted the Ch'd aud ta
mother, leaving tnen in destitute clrcumsta Q.
es. He never lotulueu, and no one knows what
became OF Inn.
The unhappy young wife went bnCk to hr
parents ana to work. After she had for two
wears tried TO get along by dong wumnn's labor
Nltn poor su sress, Hhg laId aside the apparel OF
lier sex, dorneu nen5 clothing an, taxing ncr
! ile, went into the woods to earn % living Tor
herself amt ChId For eight years she Ioamed
tie forests OF II livan and Delaware rOunues,
Sew York state. and Mayne AMI PlNe, III fenl'-
syivahia, Shg h9u cabins III various places ana
wOulu return home not more than once year.
and only appeared IN the settlements ana WI
laUes to sell hcr gGne aud Skln~ ana 70 procure
ammunition. On one OF her vlsltS - htl chlilt,
when it was uUout six wears Old, her parents
com plaincd If having IT'S care ON TIER hands.
: he TOOK lt away ANA placed II Ill che u m9nOuse
at Delhi, aud returned to the W OILS. During
her long career as IL hlnter the WIS exposed u
fearful hArdshpS auu perlls. In the severe WIN.
ter OF 1857, wnen the snow was over four feet
deep on the ieVe. IN the woods, ana lasted lOuT
months, she never SAW Il human lace, nor heu q
any voice but hel own. ShS VAS .hOW-bOuhu
In one Of her CaDln1 IN the depths Of IL sullivan
county wilderness, wnero she mad fortunately
stored the proceeds oi a1ew Weeks' suocesslul
hunt
In 1859 shattered physically aud mentally
She appeared at the Basket, aud resumed WON
ans ClOthng. she at times wOhld recount hel
experiences, in the forest and asserted that III
the eight wears she had kilel l5l deer, eleven
bears, numerous wildcats and foxes, Desite'
trapping hundreds OF mink ana other lur.Dear
ing ANIMALS. she HAD hand to hand COnteSts
will Doth wounded deer nnd bcarns ugiy STA ms
and scars upOl her body amply iestlnea. fOl
two or three years after her ret Urn sle LED
menuicent sUr. OF life through the valley, IN,
finally entered the pJOrhuuse at Delhi to whict
she had sent her CAlid several Years previously
This child however. had some time before hecl
taken out of the institution by farmer Ut Da
inascus township, Wayne county, la lauiet
DAVID Eoi Uiuun, and given a home at hl5 house
In the spuug of 1868 n Young woman was le
off an Erie ltaiiway passenger train at uaske
station, or Long Eddy. She could not pay ne
fare any turtner and said she nad no partlcula
point to which she was golng, She gave he
name as Mrs. Wilson, ana sald abe had Oeen nc
serted Uy her husband nj Jersey city, wher
they mad been living for some months He wa
an employee OF the eric Railway Company an.
had elopeC with the daughter OF the lady Wit
whom rhey boarded. Mr3'Nl son "a d Inat sh
was the daughter VI highly respectable parent
namCu Perry, Of Lynn, Mass, aud tnat sne Nae
run away fIOm hume with ana mnrlled Jane
WisOu. her parents having opposed the maICl
The staUon agent and others at Basket klhdl
offered 10 make no u purse Tor the untortunat
woman, aud send her back TO Ler parents, Du
the declined the offer, saying thaT she wa
ashamed TO meet them, aud dId not Wlsh thell
to knOw OF her whereabouts She was III fceDl
health, and, fearing tha5 -uC might OecJme
burden on strangers, sho went To DEM anu Gu
tered the pUorllUuse.
Lucy Aim slater was still m inmate Of tn
aimshOu,e. and siugu ar attachment sgrdn
mp between her ana tho new conner, MIS-. "
son, probably owing to the similarity oi Tn
causes which had forced them to became pau
pers The following year D1tl Of them .efd IN
county house, aud nothing was het, d ot e.the
for two years. In the summer OF Sj5 Il parry o
nsheImen discovered two strange persons hN
ing III a cave IN Barrett township dOhrOe coul
~, Pa They were man ana woman. 800
thereafter there appeared III one OF the village
at Ii, guant man, carving rlne ana lehulnE
halfgown bear cuo Oy slflaH Gleu ABOUT III
neck. The man was bare headO d, ana ms cl0tu
ing was torn ana ullty. Accompanying h1
WAS woman about tWentY-hVeA ears old, Shal
nv lessed, Uut g,NIug evidence Of more lnte
Hpence than inc m1n, who ca leu himself t.
key. Joseph LOUdelI, ana sald that the wumu
was his WIT. AS they walked about the ma
delivered noisy and meaningless 'sni mons, Ut
clarLng that ne WAS II prophet OF the new dlspel
katlun, ANA that the Dear nad been sent nim D.
tue LOrd To guard nun IN inc wilderness, T. o
Two wears these VapUants wandered about tina
part OF the county, nvmg III caves anu subslsl
iIr on roots berries and game Kllled By til
man Al last they were arrested and lodged II
iai Mt StrOudsbliIg where thuy We're Kept sever
nj weeks While III jail the discovery was mad
that they were both women. subsequently I'll
0uthoI1iles learned that they belonged to Dela
ware county, N. y, and thither they were Sent
TINS u re, ended man and wife were Lucy An
slater ana Mrs. Wilson, who had been IeadIn
this vaQabOnd lite for four years,
In the mean time Mary Ann Slaterthe daugl
ter of Iucy Ann, Who had been taken from til
Delhi alu shUuse III 1853 or lotO, had found a. eA
celIent home, amt had grown W 10 be an lnte
lgent and attractive young woman, youn
man named StOue lived near Oy with bis WI
owed mother. Whom lie supported. He love
MARY Ann and beng WORTH aud prOmlsil
youth the foster father OF the P,rl saw no res
son to OPPOSE match between her ana Tn
WIDOWS son The widow, however was S
strongly set against her sou marrying the NOul
lady thai the whole ueignburnOOn wOndereI
A number OF young men III the nelRbDOfnOJ
were ieaiOus of stone ana one dark night the
WayiSiu Mary Ann. The on rage drove her a
most insane, but stones affection was uuulnn
ishnd. He still pressed AIS clam for her hani
AtlenPth when thelr manage seemed Certan
Mira stone reVeuIed a state OF affairs Wnch III
ly accounted iOr aer OppOsll1On' she tOlu ht
som that she was not WidOW, ana that ltenl
Slater was hls father rs well as lho ththef
Mary Ann. 49,, , !,
the Delkl puof house, and have ever since uce
living IA caves anl cal ins IN the woods. IL
former Is at times entirely der1nged All la
winter they nVed IN cave ten miles RON no
esdale but they divide their ttne Detwee
NIpurna anuOfV and IllIs. IucV Ann Kalluerd