Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1882-07-25

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change owners for consideration.
good strong man is at present valued
at about 5000, but buXom lass VIII
sell readily for $500. Ratzborn tells of
one instance OF bargain and sale when
had i'm ii some elements of humor. Pre-
vious to the latest departure of
L'Orange. the government agent, on a
slave-hunting expedition, he had a
handsome Norwegian girl and young
man to dispose Of.
He had no difficulty in selling the
man. but for the girl he wanted an eX-
traordinary figure, because she had for
lover a free man. who was then saw
ing up money enough to buy her.
L'Orange's departure, however, occur
red before the lover could raise toe re-
quiste amount, and rather than lose
even few dollars by the speculation,
L'Orange sold her to a third person in
trust. The lover, however was success
full soon afterwards in getting the nee
eSsary number of dollars together, and
when he arrived at the l. 'Oraugc estab-
lishment full of prospective bliss, he
found that the girl had been sold al
ready. fastening to the new purchas-
er, he was informed, TO MS utter dis
NAV, that female flesh had risen in val
ne. and that he would have to pay an
advance. 1t took him several months
to finally make up the purchase price,
and he is now happy in the possession
of a wife, who is the more his own as
he bought and paid for her. Another
instance OF bargaining displays the
horrible monstrosity of the system in all
its hideousness. Among the people on
the Hitchcock plantation was an attrac-
tive young Norwegian girl wdo had fa-
vor in the eyes of neighboring sugar
planter. He had not found favor in
her eyes, however, and all his advances
had been scorned. Becoming doubtful,
therefore, of being able to secure her
with her own consent, he asked Hitch
cock that she be sold to him as favor.
Hitchcock complied willingly with this
request. The exact purchase price, of
course, Is not known, and the last her
countrymen and women saw of her
was when her purchaser and new
master was leading the weeping girl
away from the miserable hut which
had given her and her companions
only be cOnjectured. Besides the
women there were about thirty children
on the plantation for whom no pro-
vision had been made. Their fathers
and mothers worked all day in the
sugar-cane fields; there was no school,
and in consequence they grew up like
savages. As time wore on and the
few effects which the immigrants had
brought from their northern homes be-
gan 10 show signs of wear and use,
their condition became more and more
pitiable. The monthly pittance given
to them as wages hardly sutiiced to
keep body and soul together. There
was no money to spare for clothes, and
many of them had hardly sufficient to
cover their nakedneSs. Their over
seers became daily more brutal and ex-
acting, fines were imposed with over
increasing severity and all hope for a
change gave way to settled gloom and
despair.
The hour for Ratzborns and Ander-
son : liberation came unexpectedly.
They were detailed 10 assist in the load
ing of the Emma Claudine at Hlo.
Finding countrymen among the crew
they prevailed upon them to give them
an opportunity TO stow themselves
away. Early on the morning of the
day on which the vessel sailed they
crcpt into her hold, nor did they ven
ture on deck until the vessel was fully
"A hundred miles on her way to the
Gland of the free" When the captain
was informed that there were two cast
awayS on his vessel he gave vent to his
modification i'm no set terms, and de
clarcd that he would rather have lost n
thousand dollars than TO have them on
board. He was too far al Sca however.