The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-12-30
TEE LOST CHILD OF wYoMING.

"l0st child of wyoming" in the caolact o.
relies in The Pc Gnsylyania room IN the "o-
mans building, has created no ehu o SPecu-
iatlcu.
'uThe terrible Incident OF the massacre OF
the Inhabitants OF the beautiful ard far
famed vale Of wyoming Oh July 3, 49, by
a combined force ii Tories, British ana
Indians Is one that j. certain never TO be
forgotten i'm the history Of The war Of in
dependence and the suiferings Of the colon
lists who were battling for nationality. on
some OF It's incidents the poet Campbell
thirty years later built up his exquisite
Gertrude Of wyoming Tic crime OF the
cow&rdly assdlanls, VINO chose tneir time
of attack while every able-bodied man in
the valley was away IN Washngton's army,
is one OF Che mos. dastardlv recorded En- the
annals of what are called civilized lands
The Indians are the part Of the attacking
party who are least to be condemned They
d:d not claim to be anything more ;haa
savagcs The British troops and the Ameri-
can tories called themselves civilized and
brave.
after the remnant OF the harried and
hunted inhabitants OF the valley venturcd
to return 10 their homes in the late sum
mer or early autumn of lUS m1raud-n-;
parties Of Indians on several occasions de-
seconded upon them through the mountain
passes In one Of these raids. on November
III OF that year. q number Of them came to
the premises Of Jonathan and Rutl Slocum,
members Of the religious Society OF Friends,
Killed one young boy. a servant, carried
away another also Frances. tlen five years
and eight months old, and her young
colored nurse. The father and the two
eldest sons. then ia their teens. were alb
sent. on their return home 1t nlsGt TO a
Gesolateu habitatiCn they found TIE mother
almost frantic over the loss OF her ItIe
One, carried of by SO treGcheTous and blood
thirsty Il foe. There was yet more of am
e-r, -H.
tine Indians returned and murdered Nr. 500
cum and his wifo's father. Mr. Isaac Tripp.
when the war Of independence was over
and it was possible to so among tae In
dams the elder brothers and the mother
sought unres,inSly through the wilderness
for the lost one. Wherever they heard
runor OF a white captive girl or woman
among the Indians, Wherever Indians We're
by treaty to surrender such caotives, they
went, dlsresJr4iug harlslipS In lsy1 ylc
mother died, charging her surviving child
rem never to give up The search for tie
lost sister. For twenty years longer they
kent IL up, and then, with $50 possible clew
left 70 follow up they looked 10 each other
in despair and waited almost witAoIt hone
zen years later. i'm 1851. there appeared
in the columns OF The Lancaster. Ea-. I.i-
ttil-eDccr a letter written 5y Colonel Ev-
ins, "a trader who had long deait with the
Indians and mad learned tie language or
the tiFNS. issuing e-t tIe lta@e or q
recognized Miami queen on the INDIAN
reservation he had became convinced that
his hostess was white woman aE birth
She acknowledged % him that siae 81 4s sucE,
that hcr fathers name she remembered 20
have been Slocuw ana tAb- SHE had been
carried away when O small child from her
home on the SusQunnau0a river
"AIl this Colonel Ewius wrote 10 the post
master OF Lancaster. requesting him 60 pub-
lisa g. The postmaster tossed * aside as
a hoax, hut fortunately ala not destroy
it, Two years later. after Ills death, his
widow found il among hls papers and had
L. published Some one who saw il and
knew Of the Slocums' long search f)r their
SISTER sent them cour. ono s. Ter, older
thaa Frances, ana three brothers. younger
Laau she. survived.
''rhese Sought her out at once and found
her, and Identified hpr 8eyOuu question. She
recognized her chlldaoo4's name, Frances,
w1en she heard it. Her INDIAN name was
Maoonagaa she had been twice married.
each time 10 a CHIEF She uos the second
time O widow I.- two sons were 3aa.3 800.
h.r eldest uaU-Itcr aud that daughters
husband Aali-hreo1 named Eaariettc.
lived with her. and her yoaaee- daughter.
also q widow. 81 -th her three children. were
a part of the household, which YVES in COM
Portable circumstances. Frances had re-
membered some Of her mothers ways Of
Twins and had Taught acr own daughters 10
set the table, wash the dishes and sweep
tine floors in civilized fashion
"5ae would not leave her children. Her
brothers and sisters lett her with mingled
pain and pleasure. TWO years later. in
ie.3 nor brother Joseph. with two at his
daughters, visited her again. She consent
ed with her eldest d3ugater ana soa-.u-lav
u accompany taem Oh i visit % her child
Ao3d home. Il was then the picture was
mace % "hlch toe Photograph ia lae c2-