The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-13
was beaten for falling. Faint with thirst, she
hncame hewilderld in mind and seemed care.

less of the commands Of her masters, ana was
treated with proportionately greater harshness.
sac wa, spared any farther personal indlgnity
th,,n blows, get she was compelled to witness
the drunken orgies and hear the coarse and
u..,,'Iac language of The Indians. In several
IIss.,. instauc,, she was made 10 stand face
t. ,4.s with death. During one of the rides
through thu wilderness becoming utterly worn
out with the Trials She had had with the two
horses. she 'a..' away Il lOngand flvOrite pipe
Iof an old ueG She was bound to Il tree, Il
fire Wa tlla ed, aaiWaile they danced around
ii iioarishl. uNes and blazing brands in the
air one Of t"n,r number caught wild horse,
aaG b.. .y'n. Vas that she should be bound
..i:t .ul 10 death with arrows, and
.or 'ty 5..,. y bc carried by the horse in
nt N. Trembling and waiting for
.f,jii l..... Do - come, she bethought her
.l.. 81 >OlG, money which she had carried CON
.t. ., ia a's-. Taking this out, Il roll OF
81. % .i taIl 10 them if they would
nrl Ia. >Gt showing what it was, they
"o1nI her, asked her to explain the
a. TIE igIre, and writing, and in
tius;lr their vengeance was
lIl!i,r time all arrow aimed
Indian t her heart was at the
.uU iic ~ another Indian
~ "a lc. md again, a squaw
with her. would have taken
,.. Is ,l.t bat 10. the timely inter
tut ..'r.
,blc," she was asked, for
....... any feelings but bitter ones for
900 Kindly because feel kindly
.u. ... They treated me kindly to-
hey grew to regard me with
50 that they shed tears when
.p i've me mp as their cap
.r'ts 30, f." she added with twin
but had a genuine lover
a. Jumping BcarwOuld have risk
...ig to ave mine, and even after
.. ., p4w chat with Us one man must
...., .lld | was already married, and
"f.Oi me Great Spirit and be a great
ur marry any one else, he acquicc-
ureMcnt that he could not UNI
..s Than some married men in
d who think il no harm to carry
.... Hlh 'ingle ladies' Jumping Bear
| Ha UH. 0er Christian and gentleman than
Ita.y a.c t.. thcn | learned 10 pity these
Iuaiau ~. ..asr,. They found out | could
ltna.nll. .,l They were docilc. They found
and could soothc them
INC We have spent the whole eve
...- u',. would sing and they would
,u...l,u} WEAKNESS hour after hour
10 Ill had a religion II worship of
,'. ..rjt in my peculiar way, and they
hcy expressed often the great
lbs. Hud that they had treated me sol
just thc other day | received a letter.
'.. .ir..it Hi he Cheyenne agency, in which |
.... indian, tEcre tell MIN over and |
a,N ..cir heart, hurt them that they treat |
.ea.... B.. ..y. and they all wish would come |
'.u. a.t' leach them and govern them"
-t .w most august queen of all the
,hc WORTH correspondent
. .u.. laugh, but obey really Go wish
... f.. go cat there and be their biz chief Not
,...,l.,ur hours ago one of their head men
...t g..,U-c would not promise him to gOl
..... with them. and another because | de-
'Il.l i'm kind and respectful way TO 90 to
Ga. hca.rc with him
"agi if they really had you back in thcirI
power would they not again lord it over you
..,d treat You haIshly at times -
Il do not have any idea they would, really
lthluh the Indians have been i'll many instan-
C.~ treated unjustlv and cruelty by the whites !
aud one reason YOU cannot believe IN Indian
j. because the Indian has learned that Inc can
not believe white man
During your captivity did the females treat
YOU kindlyF'
The females are like The males, suspicious,
impressive, skilled in the art of dcceiying.
Some of the women became very kind to me
sooner than the men. They are all disgusting
/ " dirty in their habits they are vain; they
arc HunidH HHiuIt vi II NdNd3c Stdtt' uul tll'l
saved my life and treated me kindly when they
could have killed me, and shall always re-
member them gratefully for it,
During all This time of cantiyity Mr.. Kelly
n may he supposcd WAS moi idle. He organ
ICED nriynte rcscuing parties and obtained as
sistancc from the army in pursuing Indians.
He paid hundreds of dollars to Indians who
promised to return with Mrs. Kelly, but never
returned, Not even were his messages or any
news of him brought to her, or of her to him.
At last he dCspaircd and was forced to the con
clu,lon that she had been killed On the plain
with arms outstrctched to heaven, little Mary's
body was found, and with grief added to grief
he thought this, too, must have been the fate of
his wife From the first hour OF her captivity
To the last she never let an opportunity to eS
cape pass without trial Three sevcral;timcs she
was out of the camp, but her flight was dis
covered too soon and her capture was at once
OIL atasI