The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-11-10
By. MARVIN NICHOLS

Mrs. Keloggs rescuers slightly disabled skulk
ing Indian, She Instantly recognized him az the
slayer OF the elder Parker. Without charge, Judge
or Jury. the redskin was given quick passage to
his happy hunting grounds
William Donoh0o, big-hearted American mer
chant In Santa Fe. New Mexico, aided by some
traders on the old Santa Fe trail redeemed Mrs
Rachel Plpmmer from an unspeakably brutal
captivity. These traders found her in the wild
Businesses OF the Rocky Mountains 10 far north
OF Santa Fe that II took seventeen days to reach
that frontier town. After year, and six months
of captivity she. was given q royal reception. In
a short time, Mr. 'Donohoo and his good wife car
ried her to her br0ther.in.law, a Mr.. Nixon OF In
dependence, Mo- I'm 1858. Mr. Nixon took Mrs
Plummer to her fathers house. Twepty-one
months OF captivity had worn away. During all
tnis while she did not know the fate Of her baby
from whom she was separated. and the child
born six months after her capture was cruelty
murdered In her presence. There Is o remark
able thing about Mrs. Plummer's history. She
was born the 19th, married the 10th, captured
the 18th, ransomed the 19th reached Indepen-
dence the 18th. and died the 10th. Her baby,
lost In the fall 6f Fort Parker. was ,ransomed
and carried to Fort Gibson late In 1912. His
grandfather reached home with him February.
1S43 He grew to- be one of the most respected
citizens In Anderson County. This leaves Cynthia
Ann and John Parker. who were held in cap
tivity by different tribes-the girl by the Co
manches. the boy probably by the Kiowas.
noted warrior. His tribe planned q campaign be.
yond the Rio Grande On that raid John Cap.
tured beautiful dark-eyed senorita and made
her his wife. While yet captive, she fell
madly in love az only the Spanish maiden can.
John became desperately Ill with smallpox. The
whole cowardly tribe fed In CONSERVATION leav.
ing him to die alole-and took his senorita. But
this Spanish girl was haunted by visions of her
suffering warrior-loyer Not counting danger and
distance, she escaped and fed to his side. He got
well-and In perfect disgust, quit his tribe to
make his home forever with the people Of his
faithful captive-wife. In all the romance OF our
early history there is no page 20 beautiful as
this It's the story OF loves conquest over the
heart Of an American pioneer, schooled In the
savage discipline of the Kiowas and Comanches-
I the Arabs Of the New World f#aaf
AT the fall Of Fort Parker the morning OF May
10, 1896. Mrs Parker was forced to- lift her little
nineyear0ld girl, Cynthia Ann, up behind a heart.
less savage He rode away to the hunting
grounds Of the wild Comanches. Twenty-four
long years and seven months rolled by until she
was recaptrred December IS. 1850. IN other
words, Cynthia Ann was thirty.four years old
when seen again. No word was had from her In
this awful lapse of quarter Of d century. Long,
long before her recovery she had been given up
as one dead. But we must know some events
that strangely brought about the purely acct
dental discovery OF Cynthia Ann by which she
was once more restored to civilization from
which she was long since weaned. afr3
It was now 1855 Major Earl Van Dorm with
some United States dragons. was preparing to
leave Fort Belknap. The famous Van Dorm cam.
pagn against all the hostile tribes was lust open
Ing .h3 .a
Sui Ross, afterward household name In Texas.
was only eighteen and on his college vacation.
He took command Of 135 friendly Indians-Wa.
Goes, Tehuacanoes Toncahuas and Caddoes, Van
Dorm readily accepted their services when ten
dered and they entered on the famous campaign
Ross and his command took the lead: Van Dorm,
with his dragons and supply trains, brought .up
the rear When Ross reached the wichita
Mountains he sent trnsty Waco and a Tehua,
cano to scout the Wichita village sevenfy.fiye
miles east Of the Washita river. He hoped TO
find the camp Of savage Comanches whose raid
worked such awful havoc on old Fort Parker
The scouts were amazed to find that Buffalo
Hump and his band OF Comanches were in the
village trading and gambling with the Wichitas
When night fell they stole two Comanche ponies
and hurEledly carried word 70 Sui Ross. Buffalo