Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-01-09
CAPTURED BY INDIANS.

CAPTURED BY INDIANS.
Fzne Romantic History of . Mexican GEN.
erals Step-Daughter.
!. Miss Jessie Lacomber, who is making
i@short visit to this city has romantic
hEtory. She is the step-daughter OF
lsseneral Lagreato, a retired Mexican
la6cer, who became citizen of the
UNITED States many years ago.
Hiss Jessie was stolen from her par
tsats in 1871 by the Banitto tribe OF
Indians of Northern Idaho. For thir-
s1nan years her parents were unaware
81 her whereabouts, and many times
Rad given her up for dead. The mat
I1m was brought to the attention of the
UNITED States Government, and search
ibcgan. General Sheridan was the man
lselacted to look up the case, and after
- protracted investigation, in which
the department at Washington ex-
,pended many thousands of dollars, and
61xing which many lives were lost, she
was rescued August z, 1884. The guide
Whom General Sheridan employed
during his search was the famous Dosh
.kansington, great Indian scout and
nkontiersman.
Miss Lacomber is woman perhaps
E1Eenty-six years of age, and although
giving no evidence of careful education,
Mquite intelligent, and is not in any
wise reticent about relating the history
Iof her captivity. When she had ar
.Ezved at the age of thirteen, one of the
lsAfefs of the Banittos decided that he
would make her his wife. She indig-
@1ntly refused, declaring thaS she
WISHED to GO back to her parents.
I'm order to force her to marry the
sapper-colored Captain the Indians
ncsOrted to easy methods OF torture,
huf finding it impossible, gradually
decreased the dose. AS evidence of
the ordeal which she stuff cred, Miss
Eacomber now exhibi is sixteen wounds,
the result of knife gashes on her per-
&an- Finding they could not prevail
upon her to comply, the barbarians
nersoek their brutal methods and for
Hke remainder of her stay contented
themselves in keeping a strict watch
upon her movements.
After being rescued Miss Lacomber
Went to her home only to find that her
nhfher had been killed by Mexicans
along the Rio Grande for participating
I'm clearing some renegades from Texas.
Since that time she has busted her
self in travelling among her friends,
and is now going to Washington to as
certain if she can get some indemnity
nj the hands of the Government.
Kensington, the scout, has history
which, while not as thrilling as his
hdy companion's contains many points
Of interest. He is typical Westerner
He was born in Colfax, Col, and his
parents were killed, while he was an
infant, by the Modocs. Dosh was taken
~ prisoner and kept until he was ten
years of age, when he was rescued by
Colonel Cheatham and placed in the
Government school at San Francisco,
where he remained four years.
For sixteen years he was in the en-
p1Oy of the Government, and was with
General Custer just previous to the
hattie with Sitting Bull He was sent
with orders to. Reno just before the
massacre, and while he was absent the
fight occurred. He started with Gen
eral Grant on his tour around the
world, but was summoned back from
london. He accompanied White Cloud,
Big Bear and Golden Eagle, Of the
Umatilla tribe, to arrange for the.
transfer of their reservation to the
Government. After this duty was COM
menced he was assigned to duty in the
Imoonshine districts in Kentucky and
Tennessee. Since that time he has
performed various duties for Uncle
SAM Omaha (Ne6. Cor. N. z. Jour
anal.