The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-11-29


offend the Great Spirit and be O
great crime for me TO marry any one
else. he acquiesced in an arrangement
that he could not understand better
than some men in Washington do.
who think IL no harm to carry on a
Irritation with single ladies. Jump
ing Bear is much better Christian
aud gentleman than they are. And
then I learned to pity these un-
taught savages. They found that I
could teach them and they were do-
cile. They found out I could sing.
and | could soothe them.
During all this time OF captivity
Mr.. Kelley, rs may be supposed, was
not idle. He organized private res
cuing parties, and obtained assis-
tance from the army in pursuing In.
dians. lie paid hundreds Of dollars
to Indians, who promised TO return
with Mrs. Kelley, but never return
ed. Not even were his messages or
any news Of him brought 10 her, or
her to him. At last he dispaired.
aud was forced to the conclusion
that sho had been killed. On the
plains. with arms outstretched TO
heaven, little Mary's body was found,
aud. 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 escape
pass without trial. Three several
times che was ont OF the camp, but
her fight was discovered too soon
and her capture mt once effected.
At last the Indians decided on a
great attack upon the whites at Fort
Sully. II was determined to gather
together as many hostile Indians as
it was possible to do, to send over
lures to the commandant at Fort
Sully for the restoration Of q white
squaw, to appear on certain day
before the fort in full force, escort
Mrs. Kelley inside the stockade, and
on a preconcertcd signal rush upon
the garrison and massacre them.
10 save the garrison at Fort Sull,
was now Mrs. Kelley's one thought
Female ingenuity can find no surel
way to accomplish a purpose than by
using the devotion of the man that
loves. jumping Bear was her ro
source in this extreme hour. and sht
summoned this faithful man to hei
presence She asked him il h,
would do her a favor. and his repl,
was, of course, in the affirmative Sh'
told him that sho had become yerJ
fond Of Indian life, and believed sh'
would never leave tho Indians, il sh,
could be sure OF some noble protec
tion then, without waiting to hea
all that Jumping Bear had to say .tol,
him frankly that she wanted to hav,
one last message conveyed to he
white friends. She wished to tel
them that she had chosen to sta
among the Indians. bad in fact learn
ed to love them, aud wished to as
sure them that she was contented
Besides, she wished TO tell them tha
P the Indians we're friendly to til
! whites, and they must not believ
a anything to the contrary. In shorI
h, she wished him to take a letter to tn
5 commandant ut Fort Sully. Bu
; Jumping Bear thought there woul
be danger in this. She replied tha
J he could easily go to the fort on
back before the braves returned fror
hunting; that the sqsaws wished he
J to stay among them and teach then
: and they desired him to 60, an
would not speak OF his being absent
that her white husband would hav
done as little o thing as that for he
with no hesitation, aud now proba
bly, he was dead and aud she shoul,
never find one as devoted to he
again. This decided Jumping Bear
As the. faithful Indian disappeared
in the shadows, departing at ouc'
on his mission, the faithless womaI
went with Q heart trembling betweel
hope and fear to her sleepless couch
The end came With JOY, and soon
The letter Was delivered aud put th,
commandaut on his guard. Befor'
Jumping Rear could bring back q,
answer 1000 Indians, with war il
their hearts but peace on their lips
appeared before Fort Sully. Tn,
garrison. 200 in number. stood be
hind shotted guns, and the comman
der requested twelve or fifteen Indi.
ans to approach first with their cap
tive. They entered the walls Of tn
fort. Straightway the gates wer,
olosed, the guns were run ont. the
garrison stood to arms, and the In
dians saw they we're foiled.
The captive was free! After fev
weeks tho husband came, and the!
we're reunited in . homo, happie
than ever.
A few years later Mr.. Kelley died
and Mrs. Kelley removing TO Wash
ington, WAS in some measure re
warded for her services 10 the gov
ernmsnt aud her suiisriugs duriul
her captivity, by . handsome SUN :
| %, ,000--votsd 10 her unanimousl,
by Congress. subsequently, she 70
esivsd an appointment in the Patsn
Oaiee. which shs holds At tho pres
snt time,
i Hut the Indians still insist tha
she ought 10 return, aud ~ thsi
mart Of The oomnenAAliQn tAeY vii