The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-13
A Wonderful end Romantic Tale Of
Early Days In Texas.
A NORWEGIAN FAMILY Bu1CHERED.
A LITTLE hoy Taken Captive cad After.
ward Released - II. nioaistsa N
Finding 1lta sitter.

before last In the city. lie left ycstcr.
day for Honey Grove to meet his sistor.
whom he had not seen IN about twcnty-
seven years. Aud thereby hangs q talo
OF considerable proportions. which. IL full
ly told would III a book without any en-
bellishmcnts.
In Bosaue county there are q great
many Norwcgians. They constitute about
the only Norwegian settlement III the
State, and there is a postoflce IN Tho
county named Morse, on account of tho
number of Norwesaans living there. Ole
Olsen's father Was the pioneer Morse
settler In bosque, and In fact ono of tho
earliest settlers OF any nationality In the
county. lie lived at Twin mountains, near
hrce Mile Flats. .
| Comanchc and Apache Indians made =
| descent on the settlement and murdered
ole olsch's father and mother. two unn.a
his cldcs, sister, after which they car
ited the hoy, who was the only years
old. and ma s,year-o,ld sister, away aavS
| mother and the two aun,s with bows
and arrows. scalpcd them and set iirc to
I, The cabin ana threw their bodies In ths
| names. The girl was ted down between
| two stakes and her head severed from
| her body and was CT rritd on ON ,hc cnu OF
| pole
| and hts little sister away IN On the North
crn lime of Nebraska and sold them to Sit
| ing buifs titbe OF Sioux. lie and n
little sister Remained together III tet san,n
| tribe according to his reckoning, about
! three years. bui were never allowed 10
speak 90 each other AZ the end of TINT
canyon. the tribe sold HIM to foictko.
the nliet Of soullcr band of SionN. pur-
chasing h'm with horse and hanalc robe.
| and i,N WAS then separated from his s.s-
! ter aud has never seen her sincc
lie says the indian bucks frequently
went on in d'saeh'nrnts to make raids
Ipn la t.4tfl nm
victims and carry the scalps TO tine cinef,
who paid royalty Oh them Hike the Eos.
eminent pays bounty uii wolf srups.
When he was sold 10 the Little Sioux
hand he was taken to South Dakota and
was with THIS tribe. NJ snpposos, about a
year ard half. when he was traded back
or feil IN possession of the Aphches a,a'n.
somc time nfterward. General Ncis,n 4.
! Miles encountered the Apaches In Snake
Mexico AMI tho Texas panhandle all como
together. After sharp bittlr, tne IN
dams made truce with General Miles by
surrounding thu white cspt,Nes one OF
whom WAS the hoy Olsen. General Miles,
under authority of the United States gov
ernment, placed Olsen in the mission Mt
| faloosa, on the line OF the Cherokee md
| Creek nations. and after he had ,sc.n there
five years he was placed In school ut
Spnngneid. Mo-. to learn 20 speak .rsitn.
He said that they wanted to educate him
10 SO back and tcnch and preach anon.
the Indians, hut that he no NOR, preach'..
Tor Indians, and has had as much "truck'
with them as he wants.
From Springfield he was carried to
WealansMcn city. and after remaining
| there aWhil. ns "a government protegr. no
was tnrnt>i loose 10 shir, FOR himself.
Owing to his extreme youth when no
was taken ne a captive from his home In
liosauo county, he not only. forgot his ma
tive tongue, bmt dtd not know his own
name and did not know from where no
was carried on captive. lie only had q
tender recollect on of his little sister from
whom he had been separated after they
Ind been IN captiylty together for three
shift for himself he devoted all OF his en-
orgies TO finding her; l,nt u cost money
to travel and he worked awhile and trav-
eled awhile He worked awhile as cow
boy on Nat SINNERS ranch near Vlnila.
!. T.: on Dan Wagoner's ranch IN W.l-
harger county and in various sections OF
the tine he engaged IN farming and n5
soon MS his crop WAS made and all gath
cred in thc fan u the year he would sell
OF HIS SISTER ur;l time TO make crop
| the next spring.
Wherever he went. IN every city. town.
hamct ana community visited. he would
make talks on The public squares mud IN
tho ~choolhouses relating To the massncr.
OF hts family ana he carrying away OF
himself and little s'si.r into captivity in
the hope that he might n, last meet sornc-
body who could tel. him whore the iiassa-
ere occurred. cn,R isten him as 10 hie aii-
lrcodenis and pnrenlagc and furnish some
clew by which happily he might find his
sister. Four years ago hc dr'f,ed down 10
|
one OF his hearers exclaimed. why. that
happened IN this State, down in Hosqns
county,"
! ,)lpcn lost no time IN gorg TO that coun-
|, ~ and HI me, up with Captain Iiuck Bar
ry. an old pioneer who knew the rlrSuin-
rma,:nlei with cisen's family II was from
Buck Barry that he learned for the first
time that his nam" was oie Olsen. But
any clow as to the present whereabouts Of
his sister. and the only thing he accom-
pshed by the trip 10 Bosquc was to
Olsen renewed his wanierings In search
Of his sister, working awhile 20 MAKE 9
little money and then travelling until his
means were exhausted Elarly during the
present year he stopped In this county
, AMI rs rnak.ng a ,Aop near the mouth Of
Ing HIS crop to make talks about hs cup.
tvt'y among the Indians and his sepLrsls
don from his sister.
AZ well as relating his story Wherever ne
eoJld find Il crowd, Olsen put number %
advertisements In the papers h dinsrsns
parts of the country. and on the 18th %
YIN thSt there was widow, Mrs; Maud
Winter, living IN Roswell, New Mexico:
who had been a captive among ina'sns
which occurred while they were IN cap.
tdvty before being separated. which were
mentioned In -he letters passing betwecs
them there was M room 10 doubt thSe
! she was HIS long lost sister;
one more very TfinhTkhVe cOihciuosscS
should be mentioned before this true story
r Is closed Olsen was accompanied to Paris
: from his home on the Bots dare by J. II.
Mahan, his nearest height or who vc,iches
for All that Olsen says he being person.
q Nathan is farming just across the Boie
r dare from Olsen. Years ago Mahan wes
n scout on the Western plains part OF
!. Of uiIe time with General Miles. He was
= scouting for Custer at the time M, ne met
no, not present when Custer was killed. ~.
Ter c.,sterw death Mahan secuted for Gen.
erai Miles and was with him In the bat-
tm IN Snake canyon when the white cap
tiyes were surrendered. He has dis
, tinct recollection Of Olsen t.eanw one Of the
: number Years after Mahnn met Olseq
OF Mis- sister AT Font Smith and many other
y places. When Olsen settled 81 the moutn
r q crop he had no more ddea than the man