The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-23
srnnsos FREAK OF NATURE.
Wonderful Find by Rancher In Wash
ington State.

Wonderful Find by . Rancher In Wash
ington State.
A Tacoma Washington dispatch says:
The body of a young girl was found re-
Gently in the northern part Of Walla
Walla county. In the eastern part OF this
state. by rancher while clearing up
a small piece OF land In the vicinity Of
his barn. The body was first seen lying
about two feet under ground, near the
root of a tree, as the stump was being
grubbed out. II Is generally supposed to
have lain there for nearly twenty
years. 1t has been identified as the body
of Eneide de Valliere, the daughter OF a
Frenchman who settled In that section
about a quarter of a century age. The
finding Of the body has brought to light
a remarkably interesting story. The APP
pearance OF the land and the posi-
ton in which the body was found
have led to the belief that IT was
never buried by mortal hands,
but 1t must In all probability have
teen covered from view by the continual
drifting of earth, dried leaves, and the
many decayed substances that undoubt-
eddy accumulated at the base OF the tree
during the years that have passed since
the girl disappeared from her home.
The body was removed to the cabin or
the rancher. where ii was washed and
thoroughly dried, when 1t became as
white and as smooth as the purest mar
BILE. Ii was removed to the residence OF
a physician In Idaho, where it now is.
There is not a flaw or scar visible to
mar the symmetry OF the graceful pro-
portions of the figure, or the beauty OF
the phenomenal coloripg Of the lips ana
cheeks, which has aroused the interest OF
the few physicians who have been per-
mitted to gaze upon ii. The coloring,
strange as II may appear. comes ana
goes with the rising and setting OF the
sun. On dark. rainy days the lace re-
mains as pallid as an ordinary piece OF
marble. Just at sunrise the flesh tint
Of beautiful repose is seen to settle upon
the features, giving the face the appear
ance OF quiet slumber. but which lmme-
diately disappears as the shades-of night
begin to fall. AS the sun begins to dis
appear over the western horizon the me
like form gradually changes. the white
ness reappears and the body Is again In
the icy clasp of death and becomes cold
and clammy.
When the body was found II was per-
fectly nude. There was, however, tiny
gold chain encircing the neck with
little star attached upon which were the
initials "E de "" These initials gave
the first clue to the identity of the body.
When II became known that the body
was that of Eneide de Valliere few or
the old settlers in that section recalled
the parents Of the girl and how they had
worked and lived in that part of the
world on their little piece Of land The
Indians that inhabited eastern Washing
ton, Idaho. and the neighboring country
forty years ago had not learned the pow
er of the Government Of Uncle Sam, or
that the whites were beginning to be-
lieve Davy Crockett's statement that the
only good Indian was dead one. They
made frequent raids upon the few white
men who had the courage 10 invade that
section, either in search of gold and
other minerals or to till the soil. one
Of the earliest settlers who dared brave
the dangers that threatened every white
man who ventured in eastern Washing
ton, was Jean de Nalliere, an old French
man. He was accompanied by his young
wife and a little girl. He built himself
n little log cabin and turned farmer.
Years passed away and the little girl
grew to be a magnificent looking woman.
She made peace for her father with the
Indians, and socn she and her parents
were on unusually friendly relations with
the red men. The Beautiful Lily, as the
girl was called by the Indians, played
and froicked with the children OF the
old warriors, and as she budded into
magnificent womanfood she was courted
by the young men n The different tribes
Eniede was scarcely eighteen years OF
age when she first manifested symptoms
of a weak mind. During the hours or the
day she was blithesome and gay. but at
nightfall she became listless and melan-
choly. She would stroll from her father 8
cabin and wander aimlessly about the
great forests, needing no one and acting
like a poor idiotic child. One night she
walked out on the track and disappeared
AS she did not return her father went
I'm search Of her, but she was never
found. Her mother had died in the mean
time, and the loss of his daughter wor-
ried the old Frenchman so that he finally
broke down, and, after brief illness,
died.-Chicago Times