Wichita eagle., 1890-03-11

| were taken to the far north. The bereaved
| father of Campbell devoted many years to
| the search for his boy, hearing Of him now
! from this agent and then from that trader
| until he traced him to the Lake Of the Woods,
in Canada, and there for many years the
| trail was lost. To the year of his death, 1851 ,
| and when he was SO years old, he would plan
expeditions to hunt ''his boy" when the cap
tive was a middle aged man and q chief.
Little by little the history Of the lost was
revealed. The boys were separated early,
and no more was heard of Edwards till 1S47,
when lis relatives traced him to his home
among the Kansas Indians. John Campbell
was traded from triLa to tribe till he became
valuable as an Interpreter, was captured at
times by hostile tribes. but always spared for
his value At length the family were deeply
grieved and somewhat angered to learn that
he had been bought by white trader, who
in turn sold him to an Indian who was or
gapizing tribe or band Of his own. This
was not uncommon among the aborigines,
the ''dog soldiers" oroutcasts Of many tribes.
location of his tribe was far up the Missouri,
whence the chief and his principal men came
every year to ST. Joe TO dispose of their furs,
trade and have "big drunk" He was very
tall, finely formed and OF commanding ap-
pearance; but of his being among the Indians
he had no explanations to offer. Rene
gades' and ''squaw men" are so common on
the border that few care to inquire about
them.
At length Solomon Jessup of Parke coun-
ty, Ind, located near st. Joe, saw this chief,
and remarked a striking resemblance TO some
one he had known. On their way home his
wife said to him: did you notice how much
that chief looked like Josiah Campbell2'
Conviction flashed over Jessup's mind at
once. He knew the man to be brother of
MS former neighbor, but the knowledge came
too late-Chief Campbell and his tribe were
gone, nor did be ever again appear at st. Joe.
His brother pursued the inquiry, however,
and at last obtained from an Indian agent
Chief Campbelis own account of himself.
He detailed the events of his boyhood, cap
ture and travels, final emancipation and pro-
motion to chieftaincy.
But be exhibited the same strange tinnidity,
or repulsion, which is the characteristic Of SO
many taken captive by Indians in their
youth, and which is so hard to account for
Almost always they seem to be afraid they
Will be compelled to return to the whites At
any rate Chief Campbell retreated far up the
Missouri, and his relatives never heard Of
him again. In 1853 Gen. Pope captured some
marauding Indians on the Missouri and
hanged their leaders In the list of those
hanged appears the name "Halfbreed Camp
bell" but whether this was a son of Chief
John Campbell there is no way to decide
Three-quarters of century have rolled
away since the Dudley Mack massacre" as
it is called, and it is hard for the traveller
who is delightfully."- whirled through TINT
lovely region in the cars Of the Evansville
and Terre Haute line to realize that it was
ever the scene of savage raids. On every
hand are fields white and red with clover
tops, rank in meadow grass or yellow with
heavy grain; all the country is dotted with
white farmhouses, and thickset among them
are academies and churches. The Aryan
conquest is complete. The Fort Harrison