The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-11-11
AN INDIAN CAPTIVE.
TIE REMARKABLE HISTORY or s. NAN wHC
Is now CASHIER OF A BANK.

NOW CASHIER OF A kANhs
General John r. BAYLOR furnishes tls san
Antonio Express Wi the following Incident
connected with his late visit 90 Corpus Chris
%. where he mes a Splniard hy the name Of
Tito Rivera. whom he rescued from the Co
nauche~ "a quarter uf q century ago
elm 1886 was United States Indian Agent
no tne Cumanchr Reservation on the Clear
Fork of the BrlZos, then TrUckmUTtpn c1uu-
Is. One d8y I found a note Ou my table
from % h0v, who asked that he be taken from
the Iuiran~. Snon afterwards the h1y walk
el into INV Office with a bunch Of turkey
feathers fastene : to the top of his bead and
his fuc- painted, and dressei in iHg Indian
costume, and said he was the boy who left
the note on my table I asked him where he
came from. and he said his father was a
SUauiard. and lived lu the mining town OF
TapiU. in the state of Durango, Mexico.
He spoke Spanish and Comauche. ] didn't
heIieve that he had written the note. and to
try him asked him d sit 0own at my desk
and show me how he could write. IT, wrote
n beautifui hand for boy. Que-touing
him as tu how DE- came % fali into THE hands
: OF the Indians. he said That his father own
eU q pack train. and one DAY hr went out
with the mules and the men In charge of the
mules and camped The Indians came on
them and took them into captivity After
hearing his story, / sent for the Indian VINO
claimed 20 own the bOv and when De- came
tod him I must have Tito. He replied that
I could not and / told MIN l would on we
would fight. He said that fight it would be
then: the boy could not 90. I went % see
General Robert E Lee. VINO was then Lieu
tenant Cuion-i Of the Second United States
cavalry NJ Camp Cooper and who had been
stationed There % protect the Cumauche
camp. While there. chief Catemase. of the
Cunauch.~. who had heard of the object Of
INV visit. came o. me and said be wanted no
trouble between myself and the Indians, and
that d I wouid give up Slo0 wur th nt goods
I could get tire boy. I gave him an order on
the Su'ter and he was given the CuntS- and
the nov was turned over 10 ne sent tne
little fellow Go my house and he lived with
my children for about two years, being treat
ed a- one of the family. Afterwards 1 met
Major Neighhur~, who then lived near san
Autuuia, on the Saiad0 Major Nelsu1Qrs
said ht- wanted him. and 81 ] would give MIN
| To- h.Iu ht would send him hack O ilS moth
er ] turned him over o. the maluE 'ut ne
didn't send him hack 90 his mother ana tne
confederate wal came On ard De went INTO
the coffpGpfat- afurv- The boy Wa Twelve
,-t.srs. oIs ,bru fulk him. and the Indians
had cafrur.d him when nine, having had
him three wears. He spoke ire 1afi.2nche
1atistfar rp r,l.rftctiv and ustd hln a- Inier-
prrier. Major Naigi hors leil tle NNy on Ms
ranch ON tine aaiu, near san AHioaio. and
fl,s l,,.y entered the Confederate ARMY when
,r,.,rt sixteen. Upon returning from the
yqr he. ~foprrd with Captain Albert n allace
. on the Cihulu, fifteen miles north gi san An
tonic, auu lsNul lt.flr 'fSitt ---N-.-.'- .-----
thence 10 Corpus Christi While ni'l Gap
tsin Wauac-- he earned his living lS COW
b,,v / went tp Corpus Christi On 500 the
boy Tito Rivera. now cashier 20 i''. iauk
ct Davis & Dodr-dZe 70 CHrpGs N.-..-l.- ana
one. Of the most respectable gent. aiil-u u
Corpus he married Miss MoNie Wood
U,ard and now mas one boy ana sno lttie
,irl. and the hest Of my visit was tlaf the
Little children eame about ore, tfr'H tnelr
arm, around my Ieck end called Ur ant-
tst Rivera Is now about thirty ~.N e---s @
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