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Show ATHlULLIXa STORY. ElV-YOUSKItS Kt.BVtX VKAR9 pirTIVB AUOXO TUK 1-N0UN3. Ou Saturday moruinsr the western mail brought to this cityamnti and woman,, vtiio rclutol a story Ucit, if true, (npd there is no reiicou id doubt it), has fi-w equals even iu romance. Tlie jutsoii were nian and witej their name Kimball, : and they formerly resided in the- neighbor-I neighbor-I hood ol Syracuse, New York. Their story I was hubitantially us J'ullown: , In 1H4J5, In company ufith a party ol sixty-three, the Kimiinll suirtt-d for Cali-furni.i Cali-furni.i by tho overland route. In the par-i par-i iy was their futhvr, an old man, and three siterj, TJicy ("isMJdon ttiwnril intb- usual manner, without iicekjem, unlit the , Uth tiny jf July. Tliey vverc thuu ou ' the plains, far iroui any -ltleuieut, itt.ct m limy were pmttitug their wy, vero . suddenly surprised by u hirgo party of in- dinuj. . The little uriy was immediately j put in as good condition for defenso nn-j tho tiitio would permit; tlie females being plncod in the center. Dawu came tho Indians In-dians liko a whirlwind, but they met a resistance re-sistance .aa obatinutix as deserutlou could produce. Tho white men (ought for their wives, and fought nobly so well, indeed) thotwhtntbt contest was .coded, there Lwere, put of the party ,of. sixty-three ui tlnrtceu' Icft including men bud women; .The.Jndlans; took.-what plunder-they tynn-ted, tynn-ted, tied tho prisoncra In pairs; and cdn tinned their- ranjbllng .expeditibn. The next day, they, halted aod;preparcd to dispose dis-pose of thcir prisoners.. .Tho old mau Kimball was made, to "run the ganntlet"jqr his life... Ho 'was too feeble, for escape, and, wounded and ?om-ptetfcljr ?om-ptetfcljr exhausted, was tie'd'to a stake and burned. Tho yotinger Kimball was then brought tb the .desperate trial., rile wassst'rong and active, and successfully underwent, tho ordeal. Tho Indians, pleased with his prowess, allowed him to nmkp aBecond'trial'for tho.lifijbf.nliy female, fe-male, hp might choose. .The 'pbbr man waanltripst'ln despair; his wifo and. three sisters were sitting otiythc gronnd,.and ho ! was called upon ,to choose" tho one lie would, save,,, with tho . certainty that .death by; tort ur would ho.the fate .of.ihe others. ' ,Ua che'hls wifejand saved Iber. TIb,Iudiautt murdered Jils, sisters In 'his reseueo. . .It, was; a poor privilege he, had sb'dfarly bbnglit,' 'J'tieyTwcre obIige4 to fcrfororptefituUlnttes forthcircnptofs.nnd the woipaq wiidftctrtrcated With brutality. brutal-ity. Fltowlugtlie.JtiidiansYrompIa. to pTacaAvi'th,out,hh.',bpportunity lb,,cVcnpe, theyMivca tW;l850, jvj'cHj their.portyjhtit' Aj.-flt'llwl status nr,Vcylncompniiy Ivjmbair (oldhlslstory to. the. tfhTt'eV,.,aud mh Qf them.,iid mllrlsiiHntJiV.iho'cDuif-try, mllrlsiiHntJiV.iho'cDuif-try, offcredliis 'nhV.iiT crfcctitev.thpiceS-apc.',, crfcctitev.thpiceS-apc.',, 'hq joffcr was gliidly.i.niicejited, nn4 tl;ttltVP5rtr:niuiy;inbu.th$ of iu-tejisu iu-tejisu suffering, vras. successful;'; . . , ,.( Kimball niid hw wife re'uijhcdi.thiicUy W..Satutdnywtbdut'ibiIey. Tbo Tail-roaa,authontIes1hadJ,paSicd, Tail-roaa,authontIes1hadJ,paSicd, them !-lhiis taFon tlicir joitrucy,7jr)Ot.bfiicer Clark WnrreiVtook them in charge,- cared; for (henj during the day, pud, tho OlliCera sl Uicjy..'E. Itj R. '?pascd;!.ib'cm iovpr utne'ropLq the aftenioptt.irain. .AhrgC Hutttlicr vfiitcd them iii the sitting :rbum Pt )he dqjot, obdt.lisfciie(), to 'their, story. JIN. lvinihalt exhibited, a uiark ,oti Iter foruli'ead.jniidp by"a.bto.v rrom an injliau1 warctuh. On&6rJr prni was broken m Ihe fame manner.,,' llcrfta.t wtro 'cat-Roused, 'cat-Roused, and the .,o.les wcio as hard a8 the soo of u Jipo. TberO; wcr various! other itu'licatTons-tbat'theli' story kindly In'C, nuiUiopo who heard litem doubted it- they have . friends in Afcw-Yifv .wht have doubtless long supposed tlicnj-dead. Cleitkntt Jbmtd fia; 28, |