The sun., 1901-10-06
The ARAPAHOE White SOUAW.
StRNISES ABOUT Az INDIAN
WOMAN IN WyONING.
Belief That She De- white and Was stolen
Prom Her Parents n an Indian Raid
ON the Ptsins Thirt, .fi,e Year Ase =
Mr.. took = search for . Missing sister.


! facts have h<on ascertainad concerning
tho squaw 81 Broken Horn. an old ArapAl,
Indian living on the Wind River Res-fvs-
tion. who IL hclieved to H. a white woman
and Ia have been stolen when a child fror'
an emigran, on the plains. Her featu---
and the tradition of tho tribe point clearly
! Ia white parentage. but after a r,sidenc,
of almost forty years In tepc"- the white
! .quaw A. she IL commonly known on 'hs
reservation. speaks only the Indian tongIa
| and prufe--.-- 20 have recollection -
nothing els. than squaws, warriors and
| medicine men
| Attention wa attracted 20 ih" whi's
squaw a little mor- than wear ago wheu
a small band of Arapahoes came 20 Ca-p"-.
! a town ON tho border Of the reservation. -
! @ell some trinkets She wa meul-r q
! the hand and almos' immediately ir'w
| remarks from visitor She seemed almost
| A. dirty and sunburue,iAs the other -guavs.
| bu' h-neath the darkened skin v"r" 'rnr,-
| of different ra~a Her hair was hgh' n
| color finer than that Of the other wpme1
! 81 her tnte and her eyes were a o."ar llV",
! A. the same time she APPEARED 10 be- a fayor-
| ite IN the hand and received NOR" cur-
sideration than j. usually given e. null
bloOded squaw Her clothes. blankets
| and even souvenirs were of better quality
than thosa - her associates.
Interested In her a number - residents
Of Casp-.r started an investigation ~nuC"rr-
! ing her parcu'age and then from an Old
! warrior heard the following tradition
While passing through The State thirty
five vaaf- ago train 81 emigrani wagons
wa- attacked hy Indians and all of'n'
whites werr killed cN~p' on" h'tl" White
cir She va taken aWay by the warriors
and thcn put In Indian drn~> A. the h"n"
camp she wa- taken m Charg" uy al old
chief and gr.w into n typical Indian maiiar.
She was then given IN marriage to Broken
Horn
such VA IN brief the story printed a.
that time hy the Ndirond County TribIns
IN Casper story thar may end IN unl'lr.
two sisters separated thirtv-fve YEA,
ago by an Indian attack on an emigrar'
train For by the help of som" West
editors the little paragraph headei
Whit. Squaw- travelled from town %
town until AZ last II was reprinted ~ 80
columns 81 the .Sdh Lake Trtbsps. n copy
Of which was sent to Mr. 4 VI Cook =
Davenport la She lot Younger -i-'e-
in an Indian attack. and for thirty-fVs
wears -he had sought some trace ~ %"
missing girl 50 when her friends -"r'
her a tNppv 81 the Utah paper. Mr. { COX
wrote To- the .ditor ~ the Casper pape
Il am very much Interested in this new-
for ! was captured thirty-hN" years az
on Rock Creak, Wyoming. aird alsp INV
Younger sister Lizzie. never saw her
again after 10 O'Clock that same night.
Mrs Cook put herself IN communication
with several Wyoming people including
Can't Nicker-on. al present agent on the
secured when she was II. while her family
were on the way from Illinois To California.
ON the plains her father joined an OK tram
- -.venty-tve wagons. and ooniinuei WITH
n To- Rock Creek station ia Wyoming, thirty
ON. mile. east Of Fort Hallock. just a.
the party had camped for the night, and
the entire Fletcher family maiden
name of Mrs. CoOk were ON the bank OF
a stream. war party Of 300 Cheyenne-
.prang from the hillside and attacked
the white- Flctcher and hi- thre" sons
,.-caped to the wagons with many other
..migrants but the mother and her two
daughters were s..lzei hy the redskins
Ia the fight the mother was spear"i ."
death and one Of the Indians sell.d lAzz'
the Younger daughter pulled her upon
hi. horse and rode on Mary Fletcher
the Mrs Cook Of to-day, was carri'd on
a prisoner To q mountain retreat.
Mary Fletcher. who lost sight OF her
Younger sister that night was put on a
pony and adopted into the tribe a. al Indian
yiI After she had seen a scalp dance
and a ssirmiSh with soldiers from old Fort
Iaramia she was painted red with strip-'>
~ hlack and green, and her hair was colored
With Soot water She had fourteen ponit~
10 pack on days Of march, and was sent
with th. sauaWs 20 gather wood for the
nr,.- once while returning from camp
I'm colorado IA crossing a stream. she wsS
garri,.d AWay by the current on hrg" cas-
III ,ca Al th. sight the Indians saughed
heartily hut when she leaped from IA" lc"
aud evan ashore she was welcomed a. a
heroine
In the spring Of Isos. not quite year
sf,e, her capture she entered the tent oi
an Indian trader. who had vi>iist the tribe
near Port Dodge ola the Arkansas River.
Instead Of using th" Indian tongue sh-
irauir,d In English
Have YOU any soap
Har,ily had she uttered the word-. when
a brave Knocked her down and throw her
frum IN. tent without giving the trader
m npuortunity 10 discover her id"nuiy.
IN, later In the day. when IA" hapTrucd
,o H., near the girl. the trader remarked.
-N-- have some soap
That night while the white man was sup
posi- to H. listening 20 ~"renad". h@
heard tha, story 81 the captured gar ~"
jearn,Sl aI-o tha, kIoWa buck had h-N'r
ncg lting tur her pun 'la~.. nid me l.I'H
tn TAX, her 90 southern New " N'n ~"
trader ode,d 81 al IN cash 'ol IN e.
HiS ofcr va 1,y> p'cd. ana 'h" 81 N's
-,ar'.sI tnNar,i N, homc of iri-ud> va lii.oi-
On ,l,. wav 90 th. Indian ag"rcv a iuin"r
owner Of M. eirlan oh AnpCnoc .d' r.Iun'i
a hor-r and \ gun ttcu' ~ trade. IN'~'
ws,. given him and the c,-l WA it'>' Sr'n
aftrrVqrd she t,sach,D' the whit" s"lfi"-
,r.p,. ard at.r t-s'amr the wifi" ~ Niltrm
t-.L -on 20 lDtmrr Judg" '.-k 81
Davenport Ia Sly wear. after her 'apturr,
and soon Aicr her marrSgc. Mr. '""S
went ,o Salt LAX CIV, wh"f'' ~h'' moi h"r
fs,her Together with hi- thiVr -nii- o."
had escaped from the wagon lr'hn Nh'Ch
wss burned hv the lnd.ln- ~ h'"e r'''s.
Sir,,r a year agu Mn '"nk hos "nd'aN-
or.I ,n sift tho story of ~" whit" -uuaw
81 ,h. AraTaho trlb". with M" fnlr' nat
.h.. might prnvc iu y" her vouns'i sister.
R,l, .c Far .h,, has Come ." no satisfactory
r-ul, Ste has d,.pend,sl ulon th- rribof.
~ thus In Wyoming
-Hnwever." she writes concerning the
r-a,t.r 1 will never be satisfied unlil
investigate for myself would have done
- several months ago blt ~ iha' um"'
according to prc~~ reports, smallpox Vas
raging among 40. Indians, and snc" then
a fhrrai.neSl uprising of whch ! haN-
no, h,--n advi-sSi ~ fully settled ! Viii
sav tha, n the woman l. my Ss'"i
car fully identify her 10y birth m"rA "n
her isodv
Can Nick-rsun. who-" hcadqHai'"r.
are az tho ShoShone Ag"rcv ou 10" Nmn