Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-10-31
THE WHITE sQUAW
OF THE ARAPAHoEs
Wife Of Broken Horn May Be Long
Lost Sister of an Iowa
Woman.
WAS CAPTURED IN THE SIXTIES
Mrs. a. NJ. Cook. of Davenport. believe.
She Has at Last Found Trace of
Long M.ssiar sis,cr-was stolen
Herself, hut Escaped.

Tow, s,,..,. S,, W.,
''' e'o.s"
'fse''' ''a' escaped
t,l,eye,,na N-ya s,,,,;,l ca,,,a ,,,,,,,
,.,,
- 10 "eeli "'sSc'eaiilso concern
nag she sqnaw oi Broken Horn an old
Arapahoe Indian living ON the Mind
River reservation. Who is, believed 10
lie a vs6it,s ,vo,,,,n ava -, b,,,, ha,,,
sto,4n ,,-}an ,A,f{s, $50,
~ - '.'''
80 .''s- l''''l"s, iiei features ana me
s'.'0t'io" OF sthe uSoe point clearly to
White parentage; but after a residence
of almost for.v wears in ,eness III.
vbjts sonay. ~, !.
l.,,.s,,.,
80 q pi. .i'e scsefNaunh. speaks only
.''' iiis.ssh tongue ai1 processes to have
. Nt4es.eioH OF nothing else than
49,, M'''ilors aha mealcine men.
,.ss.'is'0m Mss attracted To the white
49,, $ '-eY.e more IMAM Il Year ago
~ S,,s,,s,. pssiiV VI ;N'al'ai,oeS came
70 casper, tawn on the border Of the
, ,s,$s,'N',l'9a, 10 sell some trinkets. She
= me sleei OF the band, and almost
49, 'Sis uieM REMARKS IRON Nisi-
ssN seemed ainiest as dirty and
,,.t., ~ Us the olher squaws. but
~ 's.'. 3.s .ise "arNened SKIN We're traces
i, -, ~ i",e' tief nam was lls:t
~ 49, Aiier 'hah that OF the other
N.i'i't. ~, NJ, 'rioe' and her eyes We're
$3.50. 80 49, ~ 'he same timH she APP
l'eaie'' ,o ne d taNorite IN the band and
,,iysu more consideration than is
.S'.'i'S s'Neh 10 4 tuil-b!oodea squaw
NiotheS' hlanketS and even Soul
sSttssS We're OF a better quality than
s''0'ss " t'ef associates
Captured 80 Years Ago.
Interested n her a number of res,-
Gents OF Casper starred an in,.as,,i,
tion concerning her paren,apa nm,
tnen from an old warrior heard the fol-
lowing traditions
While passing through the st,te
thiltH-tve wears ago n train of an,iS
grant wagons was attacked hv lnaIans
i'iio az oil the whites We're killed except
- ~, ~, Miiise giri' She was taken
,sN,.s os eiie Warriors and then put in
iiaiih 'aess. NJ the home camp she
Mas ,aheh m charge by an old chief and
steM unto TYPICAL indian maiden. She
m"s .he'i gwen IN marriage to Broken
80.
n, N, az ~ p'irl the story printed
az nv. .llt tiine ~ the Natrona County
ilipilHe IN Jasper a story that may
,i4s.., ~ uiiisias Two sisters separated
.tiil y nv years ago by an Indian at
.tsN ~ illl eEnlsrant train, For. by the
hstP VI some western editors. the little
'tPh headed y White Squaw'
,taN etea if"ln town 10 town until at
~ ~ WIS reprinted in the columns of
sise 7ittt Lake Iribune Il copy of which
~ sgiil 70 ,Nfs n. NJ. Cook of Daven-
slol !, "a. she lost younger sister in
ah llolan attack, and for thirty five
sSatS sils mad sought some trace of
.lie iilSSttis Glli. so When her friends
S ;, hes' = copy OF the Utah paper Mrs.
ooA Wrote TO the editor of the Casper
iag9i
am very much interested In this
80, 80, loi ! was captured thirty five
sears ago on Rock Creek. Wyoming.
ana also my younger sister Lizzie.
.isssi saw her again after 10 o'clock
sias,l same night.
AIRS. Cooks Experiences
Mrs. Cook mi he,Selr 4, .,,,,,,,,,,s..
ton WITH sava,il ,y,o,i,,, ii,,,
GLIDING CAPTAIN Ni,sl,arss,, a, ,,,.,...,.',
agent on the Wind River ,5ss,,i,'.,,is',,
H}. eautn,,.. o,s5.,1,.,,sS
Isl whiia I'm, f,,,,,l, 49,, , ,,l Mas
from IIHngis 10 l;,,ffo,,,i. va Wv, a Wy
,,l,i,se 49,. f.,,l , .., i..', IN lhe
.,S.., 80, az, On .faih OF
t; I, I,. ., ~ ,o..'i,,uNd WIN
1hi,yann n,jl..s s,s, ~ H.,
- -, it.si's VIst ~ hoil fiailock
,,i,.,, ~ ~ ~ ~" oi'tii''d iof Inc
~, Wy Nii''fe r,etelcf iamlly
-, - !, ati''s W hsa' 'iszWere
%. ~ s'tiiN VI d stream. war party
~ - ~ cii'.Ss' si''iiis from the MIL
80 ~ aelaekel the whites Fletcher
''lg ~, si'!ee sons escaped TO the was-
.lia Nlt4 many other emgrants; but
the mother aud her two daughters We're
sei4ed BY tie redskins. In the fight the
t'Ysist Mss SpeafSfl TO death and one
u lhe INDIANS seized l.iXaic the Young