The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-05-20

NfAN I'VE H&@AsetnN @hitN . tAANAf aM8 W.
Eas playing the sinplston arooAd her
Whes he eams 70 lhe polht. Mfs Kelly
kiudly t1plslned 70 hin tbA, bsr religion
permitted bat ope husband and one vile,
aud, a. abe wss slfeAdy msrried, shs
oosid nol oeehd lhs 6reA, Spirit By mar
ryiag him
Jumping Bear comprshendsd the siIuA'
lion, hssved p.odgioHs sigh. and
ooaldu's zee kuY wsy 10 belp himself.
Il sboold be stated, =, this poiut, that
on the uight Of the massacre OF the little
erniRrant party. on the Laramie lrali, Mr..
Kelly escaped the fate that overlook most
OF bis companions. lie was short dls.
lance from camp, on his horse, and vas
lhus warned ID time.
Learning that bis wife snd niece we're
carried OF, The husband did everything
il bic power for their recovery. lie or
gained private rescaluS parties, Rnd the
army gave As.istAnee. Tie lreeuently
paid aIiisseui ladlAas baadFaas u dollars
under pledge that they would bring
Mrs. Kelley back, bat they we're never
seen again.
tie continued biz efforts Ia every posi-.
ble way that could suggest itseli, anil yet
never % much 50 obtained the slightest
real clue as 10 ber whereabouts.
Finally, be dsspsired, aud conclude
that ,he wss dead. This bsiiet WAS
strengthened by the discovery Of the dead
body ofliule MARY, whose fate he feared
was tho same As that OF his wife.
The result of these continued rewards
aud attempts TO secure the eAptive Was a
general conviction among he Sioux that
the tine was al hand when they could no
longer hold her.
Mrs. Kelly herself made several at.
tempts to get away, but the Indians were
too vigiAnt, aud she was not permitted TO
obtain much Of Astart.
The Sioux treated her with great kind
ness, and was So fearful of losing her that
a council was beld TO consider the matter.
The chief who led The warriors at the
time OF Mrs Kellys capture made Avehe,
meut speech 10 which he councllled bis
i.ieud. 10 use deceit in their dealings
with ths whites, since the latter had al.
ways employed it toward them.
An alarming programme was then ar
ranged.
Il was agreed TO collect all the hostile
Indians possible, and then send overlutss
to tho commandanl at Fort Sally for he
restoration OF the white tqusw, large
number OF warriors appearing on GER.
tain day, at the Fort az her escort. Then
upon a preconcentrated signal, rush
was to be made upon the garrison, all oi
whom were TO be massacred.
Mrs. Kelly was accordingly sent TO The
Blackfeet Indians, 10 order that they
might unite In dealing the blow.
While she was there, Man.Airaid-of-his.
Horses rode into The camp OF the Black
feet. superby mounted and caparisoned.
lie shook hands with Mrs. Kelly, ex.
pressed himself very kindly toward her,
and then gsloped Off again.
The very sieed with which the old
,coundrel was making such spread, was
given by Mr.. Kelly, on condition that
Man, Afraid-of-his- Horses should ascertain
whether the captive white woman was
the missing wife. He went back to Mr..
Kelly with the report that there was no
white woman at all among the OgalalIas,
which just then happened TO be fact, as
she was with the Blackfeot.
The scheme became known TO Mrs. .Kel.
ley, who determined to save the garrison
at Fort Sully, although for time, it was
bard for her to decide upon the plan by
which il could be done. II did not take
long, however, for her to understand that
Jumping Hear, her admirer, offered the
very means lIc was willing to break bic
neck Tor sni< from her, and sh- re-
quirsd Tar less then that.
When appealed 20 for iAvor, he *.
pressfd he greatest eaRernotS TO do any.
thing in tho worl1 ior her
She represented 10 him thst she had be-
come very fond 81 Indian life, aud be.
lieyed she would remain with the red
man tie t,ai of htr days; bat she desired
- send last msusge 10 her friends at
Fori Snly
Jdnpng Bear was precisely that kind
OF ieil0s, but bc was afraid he would
have to run too Mueh risk liotu his fellow
warriors. who would Au.psct some
double dealing
Mrs. Kelly explained that he could go
from their bnntinR expedition. TheH
the lady, with the tac, natural TO her sex,
added that, il her husband was there, be
would not hesitate 10 DO her such slight
favor, bat she would never find such a
ificud sgain.
Thai settled the question with Jumping
Bear. lie started OF 10 such hurry that
be came near jumping bis head through
the side OF the lodge II Fort Suly had
been located in Alaska, be would have
reached there Ia no time.
The letter was promptly delivered, and
before the return Of Jumping Bear, 1900
treAehefous Indians sppeared before the
fort ptoie.siog friendship, bat ready for
murder.
| The garrison, only oae.tchth ~ numer.
ous, stood behind shotted guns, and she
epmmandant requested dozen Of the
warriors TO escort the lady within The
4 uockAde.
The ihs,aul ihsy entered the wallis, the