The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-04-23
WANDERING JEW.
Man Searches Twenty-Five
for His Lost Love.

Denver Tfibune.l
The author of the little book known
as The Ute War; relates very in
teresting story, which is given as an in
cident brought to light during the
march of Merritt's command from the
Notifications at Milk River to White
River Agency:
Signs Of the work OF the savages met
the command at every turn after they
left the scene of the siege. They lett
behind them the dead bodies OF COM
rades in arms to find the corpses of the
unfortunate men who had attempted to
serve the Government in a different
capacity. The road was literally strewn
with the nude and decaying remains OF
white men whom chance had thrown in
the way of the sayages.
The soldiers had marched but few
miles when the advance guard came
upon body, the remains Of a white
man, when, as the story was told to a
correspondent Of the Tribune, who was on
the ground, conversation, OF which
the following is a report occurred:
"What have we here p asked one sol
dier Of comrade.
alt looks like the body of man; and
it is."
"It's a white man, too"
"To be sure it is, and terribly
mangled and mutilated The led devils
have got in their work on some unfor-
tunate fellow"
Investigation revealed the fact that
the body was that Of Isaac Goldstein,
an Israelite, who was called The Jew"
and whose proper name was know to
very few. Fortunately, there was one
soldier in the command to whom the
old man had confided the secrets of his
heart, and among others his great
secret, the history Of his own life,
which, though containing material for
volume, may be related here in few
words, and without marring this nara
tive, indeed as properly part of it.
Old Isaac was between fifty and sixty
years. but he looked to be seventy. He
He was ever sad and uncommunicative
seeming to bear about him q burden
which, while it weighed him down, hC
did not care to share with others. But
becoming friendly with this soldier, /
private in General Merritts ranks, ht
gradually confded the story of his ro
} mantle career to him. In his early
manhood Isaac Goldstein had loved |
fair daugher of Israel as he loved no
his own life. They lived in an Easter
CITY, and few months promised to se
them united as man and wife. Thi
young lady had a brother who had gon
10 California among the first who wer
attracted to the gold coast. At first h
prospered, and was cheerful and hope
=. a IL. A ka
health, and was low.spirited and dc
spondent. His sister, whose name wa
Rebecca, determined at once to go
her brother 10 comfort, and, if possible
to cure him. She had an opportunit
to and did Join the unfortunate party i
its overland trip which perished q
Mountain Meadow at the hands OF th
Mormons and indians combined. lsaa
waited long, long time for tidings {
his love. At last the sad news Of tn
massacre came. He at once went Wei
to Investigate the matter, and has hel
! remained since. He was never col
! yinccd that his Rebecca had bee
| killed, but, believed her to have bee
l made captive by the Indians. He d.
|, termined to seek her out, and for man,
: very many long years he had bee
7 searching and searching in vain for he
s going from tribe to tribe, and gainiI
Q the confidence of the Indians that !
8 might more successfully prosecute IL
}, search. That the Utes, now of Colo
/ ado, took part in the Mountain Meade
Q affair, is established almost beyond di
n pute. And thus, according TO the stol
p related BY the soldier over the remail
II Of the long, gray bearded old man
n they lay on the hard sand stones of d
v bottom of Milk River Canon, car
Z "The Jew" TO be trading with Dougli
y Indians.
. The few auditors who gather
le around the surviving friend of the 9
le Jew listened with interest and attenti
O to the narrative. 1t twas received wi
1r sigh by all, and derision by none.
;n few moments more and the remains
us "The Wandering Jew" we're hidd
away in trench dug for the purpo
as and covered with earth, and the folio
pa ing legend appears on the simple sto
'se grave mark:
re ISAAC GoLpsrEIS,
he Killed by Indians