Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-25
CAPTURED BY INDIANS
Remarkable Adventures of AM
man and her Son.-.Made a ,,. "a v Z
YanktOn Chief. 't 10
New York Hersla

An Omaha, Neb., special to r..
aId, dated Dec. 14th, says: Deen i, ie,. iis'
is taken here to-day in the ner. lhlerel
Mrs. Charles Jones, OF w. 'sstlVe
county, Iowa, who arrived win ! lllsto
last night, and whose story If s, nsF 81
on the plains, with tie astonisbin aIst q
latlons regarding certain IndianI' ! iey'
1ankton agency, has few uaralI D. y
frontier history. Mrs. Jones and !
son, 1t is believed, are the sole sn nru la
of a party of twelve emigrants u'b Wv" |, /,
Washington county last Febrr"a~.,o' - e
the Yellowstone Valley. Thew D ra:.. 2
Fort kearney about March |, lS7 1' as
when few days out from there - :, a ~
river bottom, they We're surrorn5 - u a
a party of seventy Indians W VII y
Brown, Joshua Brown, and r" ".'a
Hyatt, a brother of Mrs. Jones. conl.]
tutlng the men of the party we To'i !;
stantly shot dead All the otberS \
taken INTO captivity. All but MI
Jones and her son disappeared, and \
she believes, We're mastered 1''
She was made a slave to tho d
named Iankton, cooking, n;cI..
berries, and performing other mon.
offices. She was never allowed 70 nv
or talk with her son. Her clothes r'
taken from her, and she was anow
only blanket and moccasins. The c.w;
Was moved often, and always nortbw@.
The warriors several tim.s les Il
party and returned with clothing an|
plumber, evidently taken from murIaral
whites. The interpreter who was WI
the party. named Chimes, stated ,b]
he was captured from party of emf
grants when he was only II years oD1
and ne is now 40. he adopted tbe]
life, became Catholic, and WAS ad-l
Gated at a Jesuit college. He told MD
Jones that the party were chiefly Yan1
tons, from the Yankton agency I'd
were few from Red Cloud and spottsl
Tail agencies. They we're out alyayl
during the summer and retired to M
agencies IN winter.
Their slaves are kept outside Il
agencies in concealment. Other n
male white slaves in the party told he }
through the Interpreter, that the
friends had been murdered, and, as The
had no friends, they did not desire !
escape. Young Jones, who is age
10, became a Iavorite and was kinI
treated. At the expiration of tT
months they reached the neighborhoy
of ii small village in northern Nebraska
where the Indians procured liquor, and
they all became drunk. That uignl
Mrs. Jones escaped, having on only
ragged blanket and one moccasin SD
travelled south, being guided in heI
course by the stars, and subsisting fJI
many days on raw artichokes. Ahe|
five or six days she met occasionJ
emigrant wagons moving northwarlI
and Mrs. Jones was given dress. s.
begged her way through the 'ate
reaching her old home in Iowa tie A'
day of June.
Here she procured a small SUMO
money. She became alarmed @@e
uncertainty of her sons fate, and
turned to Central Nebraska, where sn1
travelled from place to place, Walclaa
for emIgrants from the North and Nv
ing with farmers. At the expiration
many weeks, sick and dishearienel
she again started eastward one @
last October, while walking tAIols
kearnev, she met an emaca'eu ~
whom she recognized as her son, a1
had lust come in from long anu e'
rible Journey. Sheltered by Jams
Carmichael, a farmer, she watched
her sons bedside during long lines
When the boy had partially recover
they both started east on foot stoPpI
with farmers, and making $40" ~
gress on account of their enleeOIe'"
dition.
Citizens here colec ted some mOa,
and sent both home this hlolDr
Every detail of the above story i
firmed. The naked bodies Of w..
murdered men were found last n'
on the plains north of kearney, ou s,-
murders were supposed to be the WI
OF tramps. Men here from the "seuy
are preparing to investigate Tue 'r'
and express the opinion thai haD' Il
the agency Indians have KEPT uP M
systematic murder OF settlers "it ,,6
csessfuly concealjng their crime. a" n
Yankton agency there VIII .? ;nJsnti-I
mediate investigation, and lhe ., ia''
of the Indians secured if posslOe'