Year: 1874

A Young Girl Carried Away by the


Red Skins. Her Attempted Rescue


and the Result.


The Sedalia (Mo) Bazoo gives the
following incident of life on the Texan
frontier: as..-r...


A family, consisting Of man and
wife and three children passed through
this city this morning, slowly vending
their way northward to their old home
in Rails county. They were in COW
cred wagon, and had IA team which,
some day, had been good one; but its
travel worn appearance, together with
the jaded look of the travellers, attract
ed the attention of Bazoo reporter,
who elected the following particulars
of their journey to the western por-
ton of Texas-and how their number
was now less than when they started
from their Rails county home Mr..
Ressler was well-to-do farmer, who
in an early day went to the State of
California, and by hard work amassed
what he considered for good start
in farming life. He returned home to
Missouri, married ana settled down to
regular farming life. This spring,
when emigration commenced Texas
wards, the old fever which had taken
him to California in 1851 began to
rage, and although he had a good home
he grew restless. and concluded to try
his fortune in Texas. He was look.
ing for cheap lands and passed through
| Grayson county west into Cook and
cut into the western PORTION of Mon
tague county. This county, though
wild and subject to frequent incursions
Of the nomadic tribes of Indians that
| infest the western border, is rather
rich and full of game. Mr., Ressler
pitched his camp on little stream,
near good spring, some four or five
miles from any habitation, and little
dreamed of danger On the fourth
day of their stay there the oldest
daughter, a young lady of seventeen,
went to the spring for bucket of
water, but, alasl she never came back.
One scream like that Of the surprised
panther was carried to the ears of the
mother, who was at the camp. the
father being out hunting. The mother
| RUSHED TO THE RESCUE


of her first born only to hear the re-
ceding footsteps Of the Comanche's 5
pony. The mother was paralized with
grief, and tainted away as soon as she
realized the fate of her daughter.
The father returned in a few hours,
aud examined the locality of the spring
aud found that about fifteen ponies
had been hitched hard by. and the
Indians had evidently crept up to the
spring, and were lying in wait for their
victim. Mr. r. cared for his wife
and at once started for the next neigh
Dor, and the alarm was given that a
young lady had been stolen. The
frontier Texan is ever ready to jumI
into his saddle at a moments S notice
and a party of ten determined mer
were soon on the trail of the red fends
which had taken westerly direction
The superior horses ofthe Texans rap
idly gained on the poor ponies of thu
Indians, and after travelling all nigh
on a warm trail, came up with the In
dians the next morning, just as the.
came to halt, and fight ensued, il
which the object of the chase lost he


life, and was scalped, all Of the In
dams getting away but three. One 0


the three killed had the CORY scalp o


the young girl attached to his belt


They had killed her just as soon at


tackled The father was almost dis


tracted, and absolutely frenzicd wit


grief, and when the chase was give


up by the others he could hardly b


kept back: The young lady was burie


where killed in the western wilds Q


Texas, and the family could no longe


remain in the country that cause'


them so much misery. The Bazoo re


porter asked what became of the scall


The tear dimmed eyes Of the mothc


looked in the direction Of substar


tial chest in the wagon, and she said


1T is there" We asked if they ha


any objection to showing it. The


said no, and the father unlocked th
chest and produced a long lock of dar


hair, cut from the crown of the heat


with about an inch and half in d


ameter of the scalp. When this We


produced the entire family gave ava


to loud sobs, and we wondered why S


CHASTITY a memento was kept, tn;


would ever keep fresh in their men
ory the tragic end of their believe


daughter and sister.