The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-07

Mrs. Kelly herself made several at.
tempts to get away, but the Indians
were too vigilant, and she was not per-
mitted to obtain much of start.
The Sioux treated her with great kind
ness, and were so fearful of losing her
that a council was held to consider the
matter.
The chief who led the warriors at the
time of Mrs. Kelly's capture made
vehement speech, in which he counseled
his friends to use deceit in their dealings
with the whites, since the latter had
always employed it toward them.
An alarming programme was then
arranged
It was agreed to collect all the hostile
Indians possible, and then send over
lures to the commandant at Fort Sully
for the restoration of the white squaw,
large number of warriors appearing, on
certain day, at the fort, as her escort.
Then, upon preconcerted signal, a
rush was to be made upon the garrison,
all of whom were to be massacred.
Mrs. Kelly was accordingly sent to
the Blackfeet Indians, in order that they
might unite in dealing the blow.
While she was there, Man-Afraid-of-
his-Horses rode into the camp of the
Blackfeet, superbly mounted and capar-
isoned. He shook hands with Mrs.
Kelly, expressed himself very kindly
toward her, and then galloped off again.
The very steed and equipment with
which the old scoundrel was making
such spread were given him by Mr..
Kelly, on condition that Man-Afraid-
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 Ogalallas,
which just then happened to be fact, as
she was with the Blackfeet.
The scheme became known to Mrs.
Kelly, who determined to save the gar
rison at Fort Sully, although, for time,
it was hard for her to decide upon the
plan by which it could be done. 1t did
uOU tdhC lOnR, llOWCNCl, lOl hCl w ul-
derstand that Jumping Bear, her admir-
er, offered the very means He was
willing to break his neck for a smile
from her, and she required far less than
that
When appealed to for favor, he
expressed the greatest eagerness to do
anything in the world for her.
She represented that she had become
very fond of Indian life, and believed
she would remain with the red men the
rest of her days; but she desired to send
last message to her friends, in the
shape of letter to Fort Sully.
Jumping Bear was precisely that kind
of a fellow, but he was afraid he would
be forced to run too much risk from his
brother warriors, who would suspect
some double-dealing.
Mrs. Kelly explained that he could go
and return, before the braves got back
from their hunting expedition. Then
the lady, with the tact natural to her
sex, added that, If her husband was
there, he would not hesitate to do her
such slight favor, but she would never
find such friend again.
That settled the business with Jump
ing Bear. He started off in such a
hurry that he came near jamming his
head through the side of the lodge. If
Fort Sully had been located in Alaska,
he would have reached there in no
time.
The letter was promptly delivered,
and, before the return of Jumping Bear,
two thousand treacherous indians ap-
peared before the fort, protesting friend
ship, but ready for murder.
The garrison, only one-tenth as numer-
GUS, stood behind shotted guns, and the
commandant requested dozen of the
warriors to escort the lady within the
stockade.
The instant they entered the walls,
the gates were closed, the guns run out,
and the garrison stood to arms. The
Indians were foiled, and the captive was
free
A few weeks later Mr.. Kelly arrived,
and husband and wife were united at
last, thankful, happy and loving as
when they confessed their mutual affec-
ton in those halcyon days of the long
ago.
Some years after Mr.. Kelly died, and
his widow removed to Washington,
where the Government, as reward
eminently due her, gave her five thou
sand dollars, Congress voting unanim-
ously for the appropriation.