The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-30
AVERY NOVEL TALE OF Love
AGirl Searching for Indian Treasure
Finds Husband.
Romance Of Real Life. The indians
Adopt White Girl. While Looking
for Treasure, Revealed to Her
10y Her Foster Mother,
Finds Her Relatives.

IN the year 1902 the land TINT now
comprises Delaware county, O., was the
hunting grounds Of the Delaware In
.dians- The Sachem Nochestree Moon
That IS Full} had two wives. Laughing
Brook, who had Il daughter named Wild
Flower, whose lover was young chief
Of the Wyandot tribe. The second wife
was named Old Woman That Soolds.
She also had daughter, Fleet as the
Wind, who was also in love with tho
Wyandot chief, who preferred Wild
Flower
The old sachem possessed great
treasure. the secret of which he coniidcd
to Laughing Brook Old Woman That
Scolds'an her daughter attempted to
murder laughing Brook and Wild
Flower 20 get the secret Laughing
Brock diod, but before her death told
her daughter that the treasure was
buried in q cave ON the east bank Of tho
Scioto river. about ono milo south Of
where the village of Bsllopoint now
stands. Wild Flower fled after her
mother's death, married the Wyandot
chief and went west with him.
In the fall of 1879 she adopted
stolen from a wealthy family in Illinois
The baby never knew her parents and
believed hereof to be true Indian un-
TIL tho fall,of 1898, when Wild Flower
told her the story Of her birth aud also
tho story Of tho treasure cave, which
she had mover before teld to living
soma. The girls namo among the In
dians was Deermeedia, meaning Like
the Dove, but the uame her parents Ind
given heriwns Nellie King.
After lroariug the remarkable story of
Wild Flower Miss Nellie made IN her
mind She would in the spring seek out
the oaveton the banks Of tho Scioto and
with the,money tuy to find her parents
among fBsr own people Nellie had u
good education, having attended the In
dian school for many years and was be-
sides very pretty She had friend, an
Indian about Go years old, who had been
her companion from childhood. He
would not listen to her going alone, go
she told him of tho treasure cave, and
they went to Delaware on April 7, 1894.
After resting i'll Delaware for n day
or two Miss Nellie and her old friend.
the Indian, Went to the country in the
vicinity of Bellepoint and procured
board and lodging ut a farmhouse close
to where the supposed hidden treasure
was TO be found They spent most OF
their tlmc on the river i'll canoe, OK
amining the banks and looking for the
cave until they were regarded Will, sus-
picion by the good country folk, for
they kept their secret Ono morning
after q heavy rain they met in their
boat on the river as usual. hunting for
some trace Of the cave. The river had
risen to great height and was bank
full. A floating log demolished the
frail craft The Indian was thrown ont
or the boat, and, striking ON his head
against floating log met his death
Nellie would have been drowned had
ehe not been seen by one Of party of
campers who had strayed from his camp
ne Mi!lvile to float down the stream
IN boat watching out for wild ducks.
Before she sank the second time the
hunter pulled her into his boat. Her
companion introduced himself as Daye
Norton Of Delaware.
He took her 10 his boarding house and
promised to find the body Of the Indian,
but was unsuccessful
Dawes acquaintance with Nellie rip
ened into love Nellie reciprooated
They took up the hunt for the cave to-
gethsr, but the high waters had washed
away all traces TO tho cave, and TO this
day che treasure is unknown. Shortly
after this Dave and Nellie were married.
ana with the assistance of Ben S. Lee
she has been able to find her relatives,
who aye prominent and wealthy people
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