Gunnison news-champion., 1915-08-20
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son Of CAPTAIN T. Heed q 0s1A Uho
wss on has way to Gusasnua. - old
gentlemen is ssg but dssst - osre
than ~. whiie he y ssill QnlnD pssrs
he says tha; he feels thst ~ > Au~in-
nine to grow odd. Ne oUas Guer-
able property IN Delta snd Gunnison
counties and has quite . bencA q ssEtie.
having long been IA the bssissD = TINS
section OF the state.
The captain Is an enterssisiaG sslker
and entertained group Of nen1souisas
at the depot while waiting fee - srsin.
By stories of old times IN sAis hcshts.
Among other things he told q - res
cue Of two white girls froa - 1adhsns
up on Plateau creek across - Gunni-
son east Of Delta. The Indians had
gotten IN the habit of kidaappiag white
girls and women and holding thsa until
the pale face would put w nsasy for
the purchase of their resurn. ca one
occasion two white girls by shs nam Of
Wheelock we're doing the fonily wash
ing along the river near their home at
Rocky Ford when bunch of Indians
came along and took them with them
Considering that it was sbout time for
putting q stop to this kind q hussness
on the part of the Indians, - snaman-
der Of the U. 5. troops ct ~ fort at
Rocky Ford called upon Captsia Mood to
take company of one huadFsd ssldiers
and rescue the girls. They tsoilsd the
girls and their captors over thiD fer and
then he called on Chief Ousay TO help
MIN, telling him that if The too girls
we're not turned over to him pseeefully
here would be trouble. Chef Ouray
the soldiers to ~ rendez-
sous of the Indians on Platsou creek
where Ouray persuaded his countrymen
to give up the two girls without trouble.
they found the girls in a tent under
guard and they had in no way bssn III
treated save that their dresses had been
of to point above their knees
and they had been relieved of tbsir
shoes and stockings.
About two years ago, said Mr..
Head, i was in Denver, when all of Q
sudden strange woman came rushing
up to me, threw her arms around nv
neck and proceeded to lombard me with
kisses. | was unable to figure what it
was all about until she informed me
that she was one of the girls had res
rued from the Indians 81 yesre ago
i met the same woman at Cimar-
ron two weeks ago. said Mr.. Head,
and again she recognized me md re-
newed her appreciation of the service
had rendered her in rescuing her and her
sister from the Indians.
'The Captain has quite a record as a
family man, having raised sixteen child
ren of his own and m addition % that
thirteen orphan children which he adopt
ed and gave them homes and reassnably
good educations.
Although past ninety years # age,
Mr.. Head has not lost his proves as a
hunter. Less than year ago, he tells
us that he killed the largest bear over
in the Plateau country that he has ever
killed. At shooting match not many
years ago he took the heads of Of sever
al large turkeys in succession With q
rifle at sixty yards distance