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

On ils ,reuipt q Jsly y. isG4. s'Dall
party wss sueamped on shs prairie, nsAf
he Hiaet illts. being 90 lho road from
Idaho "a hansss They consisted II dve
nsu, lady usmsd Mr.. Kelly. whh bsf
niece usru ysAn q sgt They wefs -
TIE familiar. wrii-kaowa trail iron fgn
Laramie over which haadreds and thoas.
tnds hsd passed. ssd there we're oiheF
,rsius Ia front snd rear, % that zone eu.
lsuSiued gh0agh, oi danger
Il Wa jast crossing dsrk, aud ,hs lwo
ealorsa NEE @sre busy preparing supper
Tie Ll,tls Box Elder Gowed 81 their ieei,
i,s blufFs rsipg abfupiiy o. tie opposite
side No. Kelly had started a 10 deter
ulius the bes. pnia, ior crossing, sheH
al II osoe couple VI haudred siouI
warriors sppes,sj At the bluff, sud
sWooped down upos The Assoasded emi.
giants.
The isi,rr were powefiess. and ,hs next
mlauisnbrse sol ihe " hIaes Ias dead. one
vanished Ia the darkness, aud Mrs. Kelly
ssd btr niece we're pris0ncrs The change
vas ss sudden .. swiul. rhs tso were
forced 10 mount hotsv which vas od by
al Indian, the p'uadrred teams sud the
dead being leh behind
Tp,y had 400 travelled far, " hen Mrs.
Kelly formed plan Of escape Tor Der
niece. She begAu tearing Ia small pieces
a number ut letters which she l'Ad about
her person. ana steadily dropped them to
the ground q. tb.y rode along. At the
same time sh. called the attention 1T little
Mary 10 them, aud directed her, wheu The
time came, to let herself safely down from
the horse, and run back upon the trail
thus marked out, untii ths should reach
the pluudercd csmp, where shc wAs TO
wait tie arrival 81 some OF tho other emi'
grant .fains that wero not far behind
This suggestion wns carried out the
girl slipped down 30 quietly thS, her alb.
sence was not noted. She started on a
run across the prailic, ibste being JUS
81 fticieut light for her 10 detecI the white
bite OF paper which marked her path.
The ,nccess OF her uiecc iu getting
away awakened hope in tho heart oi
Mrs krlly thal .bc might DO tho same
thing, though che could not but know
that the chances were against IT,. She
was not heavily built woman, aud she
mausged alter time, 10 reach The ground
. aud she, too, at once started on the back
) trail AZ last as she could make her way
over lhr prairie,
Site was speedily missed, however, and
the SiouI rode ont so ss TO torn an i'm
(. mense circle, when all began moving in
toward tie centre. The search was moi
prosecuted very long, when the crouchIng
, figure was discovered in the grS's, and
Tetaken,
AT tie ssme time another party galloped
out In search Of the little girl, who sped
along with light step, until daylight
when che saw She was so close to the lrsi
! that only narrow raviue in,ervened,
just then she observed three soldiers
approaching, aud with a cry OF joy ran
toward thom with outs,reiched arms.
But tho Ipdisns were closer 'tilI, aud
they spurred their horses forward on .
dead run. Mary ran with might and
main, and the soldiers hcsitaed at sight oI
the redskins,
A minute later they shot the little fugi
tive dead, aud with her golden haired
Scalp huttering from the girdle OF one,
they cAntered back to the war party.
Mrs. Kelly did not learn this unit
many weeks aherward, but che enjoyed
the faint pleasure of believing The little
, one had effected her escape.
The situation OF The lady herself ws'
frightiul to the last degree. She could
not tell whether her husband was alive
nor did she know what WAS TO become oI
herself.
Her mental torture would have over
turucG her re-sou but for her terrible
bodily sufrHing. A long stretch Of
arid desert interveued be, cen lho Lsra
mic trail and The destination Of the Sioux
and tie ride over this vas 50 .eVrre that
the lady moro than ouce fell she must
succumb aud die.
She ww compelled to ride On. horse
and lead shothet, snd thc Ist,rr was an
ugy brute, which continual, jefked his
head backward with such violence a. 70
draw bcr 20 the ground, whom she was
beaten Tor 'slling.
ller distress iroR thirst was 30 great
that her mind occasionally wandered, and
she seemed proporlionaiely dull In cotn-
pretending lbe commands OF het eapIors,
thu. insnriug harsber treatment than
ever. The Sioax, however, subjected
her TO 80 greater indiguiiies than that OF
blows.
Once, when thoroughly worn out aud
departing. she hang away valuable
pipe Of The chief, which he was given 10
carry. Th. So euraged him that the
company was halted, she was tied TO q
tree, and wood piled around h'r, with
the intention OF burning hsr death.
Bu. the plan wss changed, aud y va
agreed that she should be tied 10 horse
ike Mszepps, stiot 10 dsAih wiih srrows
and then left upon The back of the sleed.
At this junclure, the captive drew I
roll OF gresnbscks from Asr bosom, and
offered ali to them II they would spare
her life. They wern't sensible enough ic
appreciate this beautiful currency, bu
, they became Interested 10 ibe doe 60
craving, 4nJ asked her 10 explain u.