St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12

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time before we got there. The wagon
Canadian on the third night and trav-
eled nearly all night. Then for several
days we travelled across the highland
between the Canadian and Red rivers.
When we came to the hills of the Red
river they took to travelling at nights
again. We had been travelling on this
particular night about two hours, and |
should think it was somewhere about IL
o'clock, when all of sudden they be-
came confused and held whispered
conversation. Whatever their fright
was they went around il, and travelled
at very lively rate for awhile. When
they stopped to rest little [ was given
| permission to get off my horse. L was
so tired l threw myself onto
the ground. While l lay there l
thought l heard the distant barking
of q dog, and it made me feel glad to
think that there might socn be chance
for the deliverance of us four helpless
| girls. we resumed our travelling till
nearly day and stopped in canon.
| When l awoke the sun was shining
| around. They went up the canon some
distance, then came out onto the prairie
| where thousands of buffalo were feed
ing. The buffalo did not seem to be
much afraid of any one. We were
| probably mile from where we. came
out of the canon. The Indians became
greatly alarmed, saddIed fresh horses
and started in the direction we came,
only little northwest.
"My little sisters were sitting on the
ground. Two Indian men were there.
These two Indians often carried them
| on their horses, and | thought that was
| ,bof ho., IN hut I fad
| to see, so held my horse back. They
saw me tagging behind, so they came
and drove me on, but blamed the horse
because he was lame, and they thought
he stayed on his own account. After
| awhile | saw those two Indians VINO
were last with Julia and Addie, and
| also that my little sisters were not
| with them. | felt that we would all
| be better off if we were out of our
misery, but [ did not like to think of
their little bodies being left out there
| for the buffaloes to tramp over and the
wolves to eat. AS soon as got chance
| told Sophia that they had killed Julia
and Addie, and all she said was: ''They
are better off than we are" But, my
dear readers, God had a hand in that
work, and L believe you will agree with
me when | say he wrought miracle,
and those little girls were taken care of.
l will now go on. | never saw the little
ones any more till June, 1875. when l
met them at Ft. Leavenworth.'
Three days more brought the rowing
band, with its two remaining captiVes,
to the main camp of the Cheyennes, on
the plains of the panhandle of Texas.
There the Indians divided into small
squads, each going in different direc-
ton in order to throw the troops off tie
track as much as possible. Thus Cath
crime and Sophia became separated and
did not see each other for long time.
While far away from each other. Sophia
again saw the little sisters, who had
been abandoned.
1t was in the morning, and Julia told
her the Indians had picked them up the
evening befole. She said when the In
dianS left them on the prairie and
among the buffalo that they had mo-
toned them to follow them; that they
followed till they lost their trail; then
they got down into little creek. Here
had camped, leaving crackers and corn
scattered around. They lived on the
leavings of the soldiers at the camp
and blackberrieS for about six
weeks. | left them about the 25th
of September on the plains, and the SOL
diers, under Lieut.. Baldwin, of the
Fifth infantry, found them in the de-
serted camp on Nov. s, 1874. That very
morning that Sophia had seen them she
was put on horse and taken away.
The little ones were sick and weak
from starvation. They were considered
too much trouble to the Indians in their
flight, so they were left, and fell into
good hands. From there they were
taken to Camp Supply, and by Decem-
ber, 1874, were in Leavenworth.
In the foregoing paragraph OF Cathe-
rine's story is found one of the mac
curacies pointed out by Gen. Males and
Capt. Baldwin. The Indians who re-
captured and held the two younger sis
ters were under Chief Graybeard. They
tachment under Lieut.. (now Capt.)
Baldwin, Nov. 8, 1874, and driven out of
their camp after hot, sharp fight. In
their hasty flight they were forced to
abandon the two children, who were
rescued by Lieut.. Baldwin.
Toward the close of the campaign
runners were sent out by Gen. Miles to
the hostile Indian camp demanding its
surrender. Stonecalf, the big chief of
the Cheyennes, was Informed in no am
biguous terms that no quarter would
be granted unless he brought in the two
older German girls alive. On the back
of photograph of the two rescued lit
tie sisters Gen. Miles wrote this mes
sage, which, after many long rides and
a bravery that amounted to heroiSm,
was put into the hands of Catherine by
truSty scout:
Indian Territory, January, 1S75.-To
the German Girls: Your sisters are
a,.I i,,f I.a hn,, I1 81 4Lo;, f,;o
DO not be discouraged; every effort is
being made for your benefit.
NELSON A. MILES,
Colonel and Brevet Major-General, U.
S. A.
That important message was, of
course, conveyed to the girls in the
most secret manner possible; no men,
ti0n of an attempt at rescue was made
for fear it might fall into the hands of
some renegade who could read it and
sound all alarm.
Catherine. as may we'll be imagined,
was wild with JOY when she got that
welcome message. She carefully kept
the photograph on whose back the mes
sage was penned, and had it with her
when she was brought in to Chief Stone
calf to be surrendered. Thus 1t is today
i'll the possession OF Gen. Miles.
III nef narrative Catnerlne speaks at
length of the friendship and considera-
ton manifested toward her by Stone
calf, who constantly kept his eye Oh
her and her camp. She naturally at
tributed this treatment to motives on
his part, but she was badly mistaken.
She knew not that their lives were
saved by the unconditional terms of
surrender proposed by Gen. Miles-that
the two white girls must be brought in
alive. On March l., 1875, chiefly
through the instrumentality of Stone
calf, the two girls were surrendered to
the soldiers about seyenty-five miles
west of the Cheyenne agency. 1t was
great day for Catherine.
''On March l, 1875, just before the sun
set, we came to the soldiers camp. |
They stood at the side of the road cheer
ing. We stopped, but L could hardly |
say anything, and when l think OF it |
now lump rises in my throat. Oh, l |