Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-13
Hiss Hsszsr's story Of Her Captivity.
lchleaeo Thhnne spnclal.1

IN bis mission OF pfocRring the releaeo Of tho
captive women and children sho hsys been
ia The hands o, the hostile Indiaus since the
massacre OF all ,hc males as tho white II vot
Agency on The 2ssh OF September. on tho ar
rival In person Of the recent oapsiYes, Mrs.
Metker, her daughter Josephine, and Ma.
Price and her two ehildtan hevu been dotah.
cd here TWO days on scoourt os Mrs. Mook
er's illness. caused by nervous reaction, after
terrible journey Of 500 miles on stages sud
Indian ponies, bareback ana with poor sAa
dies over mouptaihs aud Elkaii dssefas.
During this ordasl she was only halt clad III
cAlie0 Srass ana single shawi, withoat
blankess, snd had on'y osts grourd 70 sleep
on 10 thu lniian camps. Tno party leave tor
Denyer Ia day OF tao, go'ug taepoe to thor
homo la Greelev,
Miss JosRrHISg Rteg1gE
was threatened with daAth, ami ter escape
was narroS. HsE story coatains tho follow
ing sccount
The hrs, heard OF any trouble with the
Indiaos ~ my tathers Agency vas the nriag
| At Mr. Prcr while he was pioNiag iur Iudiau
erops according Ga Government Instructions
The Indians bsd tho ides, auA said, thst as
spoo as the lsnt was nlowed IL would coaee
| 10 belong 90 the U,ei. Two or theee cnuo-
| clls were hcd, aud ap Indian woman, Jkae,
the wife Of PaavlIis, waa the cause OF the
whols trouble
The trouble seemed srttiad By tw5 or three
councils, secrsty however. paa Utns w-vc
| preparing Tor nssstcte, tor j3H before z h..
! ridge itit with the Iot,ans q rulaer was seoa
rushing up to tho teus ct Dauelass with whG,
| ! since learned was naws 1f soldiers q ghtlug.
| II ili an hour later - armed Lndians osma ~
| the Agency from taa camp Oi Douglass, Rad
| heERu firing.
Titg MASSACRE BEGINS.
l was Ia tne kjic go Hlth my mother
wSsbing dishes. Il was atisr noon. | Took
| Oh out ni tha window aud saw the Utns shoot
| ug the hoys working % the new bulldog
/ Mrs. Price wss Ri the door washing c,otbes
She rushed IA aud took JJhnie. tn baby, to
/ ay., Wv ran into the milk tovui. which bat
| only one small window, and locked the door,
| and hid under shelf The firing won't on
! for seysral hours 81 i.stPrsaf. Tlera was uu
| shou,lng, no noirA, bat frequent iriug. We
staid ia thu mllk-rOom uutli u began 10 Al
win smtka. The sur wss ha an hear hiE
| took May Ptlcs, 3 wears old. SUD we all
rau 20 ialbet's room. /. wss NOT disturbed.
| We knew ,be hnilalag would % burued, and
| tRn across Duagas Avenue to Il Ia ut
/ sagc-t rush buyouf plNwed groaud The
| ltes we're 40 basf stualng aunuiJy goods
they dd NOT fee as NJ 6r.t, Ah0ut 80 OF
| them, londed with blankpls were carrying
4
We had gone 100 yards whsn the U Is ssw
us Tboy tbraR dowa tbe blankets aad came
running togsrd as, ldDg a. they cayaa Il Al.
| lets wbiXg,d Ag thic6 As grsssaopp8rs treini
az. | do not think they Intended % kin us.--
only TO irighten Us. Mather was hil bg q
| bn lot, which went throhsn her uniyrclalb-
ing, aud mads 1Gsh wound three i3chas
| long, AS tho Mdiiua osmO neAser they
shouted,
"wE NO sHeor; coNs 10 Us"
/ had litt'o girl, aud au Indian banned Per
sumo said tos me 80 20 with him. Ha aud
another ITO sciztd me bY the brus sud start
( "a for the river. AH UH3ompangr5 ludlsp
took Mrs, Preg and her uAbp snt mother
was taken TO the headquarters o, Douglass.
The lUdlRn PursUne took ms whute nls
| poties were standing by tnr river, and .estei
mo en u piie a. blankets. lGdiAus were nov
on sll sides. cnuid DOT cseapg /. was no V
sundown. PAeking WAS tlnhhed At duak,
and We started .or the wilderness Of tho
south. rode horsn with saddIe, but IA
| hfidla. Tho cht'd was iashod behind me.
! Pursune and he assistant rode oach clio 81
me, drYiug pack mules ahead About tweNtv
other lndisns were ia the party, Mother
csme lator, riding barebscE hehi6d D uglaw,
both on onO horse ah0 was So years old.
foehle in health. wnunded, and not rcelYcs0J
from n broken tGigh e4us u by fnll two
years ago Chtaf Dourlsss gave her neither
horse, saddle, nor blankets, We followed
the riYDt, and, op the othrr SIDE, Puc,pnp
brought mo hAttul Of water 90 drGk We
trOttud along until O'Clock when we halted
tor halt-h0ur. All the Iadiapa dlsmouated,
aud blapkeis woro spread upon tba grnund
fnd laid down to rest, with mother lying
not tar from mo. ChtaI Douglass wss con
Hideuhly excited and msda speech 10 pS
with many gegturea ana great emphasis
Ho recited bis geieYanccs, and rXnlainBi why
the massacre begun, lla said ThnFuburgt
cold the Indians he was going 70 arrest thg
head tahleis. take thNns 20 Ft, Steele, and pul
them in q calAb0oBe, perhaps hang th6m
a. said my ialher had written all the letter.
to tho Denver papers, and circulated Wild
reports about what the lndians wepid do, and
was responsible for all .he hodilty agans
tha Indians among The whites West. Whlh
Douglass was telling this ho stood in front o.
me with his gun, aud his anger was dreadful
Ha said father had always bCen writing 10
Washington. Then he sWora foarsu oath
Ia English, and s9ld Il tho soldiers had no
come aud threatened tho Indians with For
Steele and tho calaboose, and threatened /,
XIII other lndians at White River, the Agan
Gouldn't have b On mAssacred. Then ~,
brave Chief. Douglass, who had oatan ~ oul
table thar very day, walked Oh few ieof
returned, and placed bis uadod gun u N,
forehead three times, and e6ktd mo u Wa
going 10 run away. told him / was no
afraid OF him nor OF death, and should no
run away. When he found his repeated
threats could not ttighten me, all the othe
Indians turned on him and laughed at him
and made 50 muen fun he tnraked of snt
went ovsr 20 irighten my mother. All hand
took drink around NV bedi tben thew sad
died their horses, aud Puruue led my hoJa
| 10 ma and knaiE dnufn IN hta hnuda -