The Daily Tombstone., 1886-07-01
THE CEILD's STORY.

THE CHILD's STORY.
 The little girl, whose name is Trini dad Berdin, says, regarding her cai- ture at Peck's house, that she and her aunt Were indoors wnen the Apa- cheS approached the house. The frst she knew of the presence of any one was while at the door; she observed two Indians near the house, when she informed her aunt, wAo immediately went to the door and was shot dead. Three or four Indians then rushed into the hou,e and caught her and the baby. She did not know the fate of the baby. as she Was at once placed on the back of horse behind buck and the party of Indians started off. After going two CT three hundred yards they came 10 where Mr. Peek was, barefooled and tied. The indians had tied him and taken his boots. When she saw Peek she attempted 10 talk to hlm, but vas prevented from so doing by the Indians, The parly she vas wit" stopped q few minutes where Peek was tied and one Of them spoke to him in English, which lan- guage she did net understand, aud nne of them gave him some small change, she did not know how much.
 During the first day of her captiy- fly he was delivered into the hands If an q! squaw, in whose company rhe constantly remained until the ,Qnaw was killed and she was rescued at saralachi.
 she says t.at during her captivity she Was almost constantly travelling, hp' that the Indians always stopped for neal anu At night They had had plenty of tortiI'as, coffee, beef aud H5tlr every day had beef stew, of which she w"s al,gays given plenty. She says she never say any one killed; she often heard firing, hut WYE told that il was the bucks killing beef fer chem to eat.
 She also says that she never saw any soldiers, nor anyone, du ing her captivity; that the nearest she came to seeing anybody WAS one night when the Indians plsSed 50 neag MagdAlena she heard the band playing in the plaza at that place.
 From what the child states, the In- dians must have carried her over large scope of country. She says they were at one time in thc moun- tains where there were large num- her Of squaws, and at another time they were camped on top of q high mountain and that the Iudi3ns made a big fire and smoke, and on the lol- lowing night great numb of h. dians came in and that tie man in command (cvi1euiiy Geronimo), sent them awIy-tive and six together-in fifteen or twenty different directions She thinks there Were about thirty in the band that she travelled with, but she Was always kept in the rear and cOuII not tell very accurately theii number nor what the bucks did. Sh, does not know the names If any Il the places or mountains that sh2 Was in, and has no idea of the count, over which she traveled; she maiu- taius, however, that she Was treatro as well as eould be expected und-. the circumstances, and given plenL. to eat every day, except one, and ?, this exception the Indians traysle, very rapidly ail day and did not sto. to eat ani thing themselves.
 The greatest h4rdship the ;Lili ex- psricnced was being compelled to rid  bare backed, day after day, throug tine brush and over rough countrs Her clothing was all torn off her bod and she Was badly scratched by th brush, besiiss being chafed an galded from 50 much riding
 She says that when Venzuela's me attacked the Indians tt SarAeachi tn main body of the Indians had gone ( ahead, and that only about seven eight was with her when the Mex cans marched on them; and IL when the Ildians saw the Mexico coming, they mounted as quickly possible and she was put behind