| Show OF 01 urs mrs latna site was born in iii Prim sylvanin h am i age ithe lie rt sided on oil tit the little mite hiu lit HI or it mar the narrows site bhe gaji that on tile the sill kili day ir of A laust llie lite larse ans f rt t tack tucked tacked ed robbed burned cuned aid a d lit a 8 it a aid d two children with wilh tier her w ind arid it 11 mii roper r were captured b ut tle tile cl cacy i e 11 1 r clatt chill t t the i e oll aa one year old her ripp nephew liew was six YC tw ar old when laan front her hoine was lythe bythe ludi indiana tins taken foullie across the R e publican art and west to a acrel cre tlc alc name of the die does not reint renumber ill ber here tor for ft a short time was their village illie or plate they were traveling ng ull nil laitur vh aik n cret talen lt liy lie Cloy eim lie was baken vaken to lite lodge of an n ohl chief whose imme she sc do dos dola la ru re ci illet ne ile lurece me ine by the anost at ter threats awl men nees to 3 iny person tu to hian lie ile treated file its as lia his wife ile he alli arnita tr me fetu t two Tw olac is sioux sious who di I 1 not treat me meas na a wife rie die todo to do ln In bordone I 1 ly nod and lie ix avat me terr ildr iwo face trad A d me to clack fot fool sioux lio to fronted me us its hia eife and ami I 1 him isis squads squaws abused and ill use used m me banck root foot mso also bt b nt at me and the alic indians Indi ins atis gener g ner ally d ni nie ais though I 1 was a 1 dug dog on oil account or of my cli owin ng so BO much d de e t tet station tation to towards mirds fojt oot two race e traded for me inc again I 1 thon llin received a little atter ln ater treatment trat ment nt I 1 was ieter tin sioux alinn tit chey C centt Is n 5 that is ia the sioux gave ai u me ine more to tit at feitli ith lite flie I 1 was liften linn gry her purchase frol aiom u th alie s was made in early capt full fill and obe remained with alivin ay 1665 during tie i tifer flie camo to eniy ba tie ne and tit alie chim for the of burning two puce face would not lit li t thern them have me dorini the winter we were inre in re mi in i n tile not ill taw I 1 liidi ms ira wre were li ilire the llie till nil the milne tin and ru off their abick eliy W would bring in the scalps of tile white s aind t elbow them to me and laugh rubout it they roc me frequently to t wein wean mv laby baby but I 1 always fur for I 1 felt aft A ft con vind if lie was vins weaned titer would take him from me HOP nud and I 1 shoula eliou lil see fec him nain again they too atooli my d ii lir from me maj j nat kt after we e were ensurd en 1 aid d I 1 never ta er taw aw alfr afler I 1 limo us ken t tinman today to day who bai ba I her ln r his hiis name me 11 i davenport Diven port lie ile alivs in dell D er lie hf We derived rived lier fruia a df she WAS WH giren up bi by the lie che e nt to 11 hijo Ivyn yn koop koo but from injuries tec ved while wit the in vows i site lic I I 1 lut fab uary my nephew al alo alio io was siren given ill to wynkoop W lint but lie too died it at t li di n ver tile doctor taid inid it il was ciu caused vl I 1 y lad bad fu treatment fr irani nit alie lie indgin Indi in Wi whilst wilily lilt encamped on the north platte Ii alte eleton aine ratite to the n billage and I 1 went with liin hills anti and two face to fort laramie vy edve hearl heard that n story lod leen been to told I 1 d by me to ill aliu th lit it two twi fice a eon on lind paved pared my life I 1 never made any ally buell t as 99 1 I hilve to tio ian of anny such tiling and I 1 think R lind inri been in danger lie would not bave it signed Sign td luci DA U nu BANKS nANKi witness co 1 D ath 70 lowa iowa cavalry EB E B Kir capt calif lt caa NN nev judge district of tile he plains y Ju lesburg C T juno june 1 ISM mrs its marlin cap captured hired jtb one and a ab b alf H kist of plum phim creek one boy nine iliac years fira old ciatur ed d at the same time lime eleven men in abe tb train bt at chri lit time all lill d at tack d at 7 A AM M just jast sifter breaking ahre aking corral F laid but a time lime di tile train and then barted di arc lyson tb emilei mil thence to the R public publican in hopoi tite liln cB to be about forty ml aps took upper pir there anti and V a the alich all highl the indians all got drunk in the be even lag in they shot at roo me twi thare cisty cac orsin in abe erfy ten tea sioux ten one alawa one ball breed and the tema x remainder inder chry chey ennes from the republican publican Ile wt we went to little clue blue stopped on a atil with no timber but vt slow illow abbat buli wity and bracht n 4 the tillus s till third dy day in n the miteru oArl there ut warr ot lt 00 wart warriors atme om br and some below there orr orp mg wissi wf ssi a in the village found two white iman az s eubanks and aaa mrs mr roper aldfo and doiy IV children in the hu vill they tind lad been 0 i ihu he balile rold roid ono one day becort lc lori I 1 ww was it in i as at boe viita loil itta igo nair n ar thu the flipi I 1 detill ye till 11 ey atad no hile bite onuis women prisoner both or of wh ti it in they rry hung A 1 aitu it child through lih idi four art liy fly my 1113 idi ode f it in did not kip or mutilate ali iho loly body camp hero bert awl anil ent fanth and caknip d otia on a inego Ia liili helbo aliu indians twe pinga n vigil vigilant int piard its they leared yurt bui iut alt lu orini tilmus an hour bufore I 1 ight and about 3 0 clock in in ili ilir j left tile llie lahe belon boi orn daylight fiill ill going on off at irtle liitle 11 E bielin li elin milb ili but little ilmis mr r it lias arar t led nil all aty tl y aud pat put t of t llie lie am t very irry fist to that many ol of their ponies garu g ire out camp d chii evening oil I 1 1 a large 1 irga stream sarr ain ol of clear water tta tir hiving having timber cotton cotlon tood anti anil hack t tirey ariy hlo 1 I ped hn h arp n ilias d ays fini the ibi ot of tile till C wair waif ors ois dined them thein berv ney ibry blind tin tile luini hand kind anil fet fert or of a alho ivoin in they hid bad hilled and rinde made ine witnel uit nir it they libil it d eleven Ec ecla lp of fincik finc men ii tit fin e or of and aid two 0 o ol of chil len chiy y had ft a d anco mee and n barn hattle ittle li thy thoy lived allu d principally pilly on dried buffalo inlo ln A rew buldo bre b re a and nit 1 grit anny 1 ri 7 lit rewe re we vat v at F foitle ith and ramped on oil a knull t desance about forty fody talles thence to lo it laigo lalu of clear wat er bobit tl aly stopped here two to dayland day sand then went foi fouth illion on 10 lo si 3 brearn tr firn about twenty wiles copped sopped S tl here sn rc two no daya bjorn here A t to the alkansas r rrth anil and cioca it tile apt t coining mo ining it is not nordahle for dahle its HS i swain sn ta 0 camped at night on nt admill nill etri ain in tile in ih if over the ali to 0 o a very large ski lake slopped two iwu weeks ka at place tb abri io is plenty of game bili bal filo ralo elk and dar elrre fiere were four In indred lo ages iges i think thin ili v hill average three warriors to tin the bodae od ce counted nine Ix indred that went out aint Q ahti fanni battle hite here ginev abr ili chips 1 stand went to some foi ait oit 1 I 1 suppose ft union Uli ion to give up lip ill alap benl bj nl and roper but did not do adofo f 0 I 1 saw mrs elbanks n afterward afat retard bill knew abat became ln caine ot orfis mis kopew went vent olit ind ild were dis they cime ajack with v ith tie cle clothing of three bold il dip i I 1 s end a 1 number ol of gorfin finont horses 1 onci and mules they ila liaa lot twenty five no and do when nhen they have lost over three ot of thir men from here bre ali y wen benl wot wit twenty miles to 10 it a stream in ili tile simo same direction dire cion clion 20 in laru tit I 1 13 jr in ill iho on oh ili the fine ridge ili irthy to in Ls to a laha tience to lo a camall st roani and aix lo lollon lloid cd up lip inn in 1 wvsley ly direction irom from thence west I 1 to 0 aspiring aspi aplin ing 1 own travelled kraii llad all day 63 mid lid all al I 1 1 t liioi niDe wt wr c fill to lo a mall stop sto p d wo HO days here ethinee tl act to a i mcinall stream thence thi nce no th two dins dap without water miler M iler in n buffered ered a 1 eat deal iro fro i chiist so ianchi that I 1 could not eleah tien we got to water Mit cr we uc cattle canie to ID tile AT kansis iu ihor cr swam the ponies and tr belled two dys days and all the ibe limi we crossd crost vol a small ai d i flog the hinso and stop slopped P d next nem morning on a small email erm i here we rt one d ty we ire nil it iiii velli and tra elrd meled ull kill night aa nad day ined a small mall calv and camped on a acry lirgg tr cini beavy liboi j timber liin qiric hii ci in the creek arc fk nai i ow low batom and and sand lwills oneace oni cli i 1 I 1 vim mua atken sick lert here illi lever and ami was as t uh fifty WO davs we e sli pi liel ln ie e aline daj s then ivle and thareld areld tr triv elrd ncr acra h thirty ni alfs and oai w it small sin ill sian arn with u etli no limber dileno in tie the saine raire dirt dinci iiii fairty milts to 10 noth nother finall all jm I 1 adee lut annly illy ienir bath on oil to bo bitici irvi cacek cr ck fedec DO noab ill t 11 a dry anck wf vv li if tit id no nii watt rexcell c hii watt vi 1 1 a wf ire cir car nd aang I 1 nt beadli d boch baill 13 gsg j g and hitlin lite wu we came to io sod r ill pi jiing in ing I 1 iban to tile we v stopp slop pid d bire ten days tit til d ly y before we lift left tile I 1 blidge wo H a 11 fitly 0 o lodges coming not tit atia akl ilio bil unac net ping goin south alere eisaw 1 ailt mrs I 1 lw baaki file lat la t flaw wf we to hunt bunt buffolo but gut got none and lived on oil alic plic aly beam we vr on I 1 supposed to la be tile erub ican st copped ian adya dya d lre bere banting jan ting but bill cw buffalo were here it lct lt anre wre titia in ili ibi anni ning travel 1 I al all I 1 daiy diy 1 y do noite i wl camped ou 1 mill lak v distance I 1 1 about abou I 1 live milt ne i morning we vv ivele 1 I wco ot to 0 o a ivr arry iv lam thirty bilm stayed taye 1 I lury here lu ry ailep d dus hs then trav vIell d all day da mil and night ni it without wat r and cro crosco cros dl cl tit ux south platte litti it i litta arter flat dik L ta tr velva in jhc sand bills until il il light and crossed llie north platte mitte hero they got jit ad of catt v stoin son so n front flit cloux we dhove teleai ato alons n Z with into it to it al ilc c where v we camped three ayi at the ti it no we crossed crosa eil tile the north IS rut full 1 rive five warriors deft anti ucal ven tic bick to flit toad load i alit lwy v wre w re rr gone to lour las das and biti two to t caps cl ps wn tn becia hr idof of catt leand and twit horses T TM i 1 of I t tie inam s had avci killed fekn Frol nNie hen e we benl ent north to it ii cicak with willi a little tinia r amut it l ty mil F irence north thira thirty ingles to a dy carevic wo carried water alon with if and from istre bro traveled ull all day and night nigh anil anno to a large creek anti aind 0 limber hii stopped I 1 oc 0 c two Ivo days then followed tit up tit couise of 0 tins this breal ll arron nil a mountain camped six eix atys on ne recount count or iny I 1 I 1 would dir die andlini in hi 1 led thit f must not its HR ali y would then not b able tog t ny iny v r cgarland upa ug arland and coffi coffa for air went on in 4 northwesterly north westerly bomse 10 it small stream str cain of water in ili tl tit which aln ch wert werf high hiigli rough and snowy 1 re flom ion here went to it largi large lako lake lit in t h li mountain moun taing stopped here lour days to built kame game carer co miNted of and leer derr from bere toga lago la I 1 IKO go alli of water heavily d with cotton wood and ash sit stopped four eliy 8 belt awaiting the wa 1 hot who had 0 o i time before to 0 o conic come in but ball bad noali 1 aig at it all when they did conle and had lot ott six of their bomber from here we vent north out of tile mountains moun taina to a very large lake the mot most beautiful pirce piece I 1 ever saw thence to 10 a dry st stream 1 in carrying wati r we ve the ln n travelled aed all 11 day d ay iy and W n and einie to it 11 village ot of sixty lodges of 0 sioux camped on a stream sioux mado un tin oner efrer to trade rude for me ine an and tho the were willing but one or the lite win spoke poke englich tow told me ine it if the flit sioux got me they would kill me file po 0 o I 1 told thi lh chebi I 1 did not want to 0 to o the next morning we trave travelled llod lip stream with the sioux of tie the rivage vl liae balf a day iban the sioux went ap a sm ill stream camped on this stream four our days very cold and snowy ilat eitt little game be here re and aid on travelled up stream all lay and camped cini ped alth tile the sioux who ft bo were still following to trade for lite said they ihry were vero fi fioro orn vot loit t lara mi naif nirl and lud lid fugar ciru caffie and ami wol wo I 1 fifik ale lo iwo dy day 1 then nit north about benty live mile to a dinall I 1 alv clr from MI Q allt will bvm arav fling nil daiy diy mid lb h into to vat rit except anwat nn it flit it I 1 WB ditl fond ol of anil and ci cios ossed cd a aai angi go w it 11 bi att n agon road Stipp osvil it il to lo bri be the liften nock roul road thim li id ben it bi idge on the texi N liri bell we v crossed cross vl bete bt bitoff forr but it t is now washed bwy aay J 0 our bonlee timber and leifili wr the rod road all day and the ibe indians Inri ius nir me alun to they imd elirio men ahr glinc c women anil and three clail iran foutin qu to lc it II qu entity or of woman t s bair and siv alo iron fron wh ethro ro wit xii it hid been bli blinked nied they nid aid HIL flit bodies hid liero been thrown lit in ibn tip the Sli etin oil diy ay obrn li II 11 it biml nt ii west bici l to 0 o ii a sinal lr oil OIK about this ly miles aroll that wo we iotti beut noath lots to cream that would woul I sink nit then boil ill ip gaan A great many rih ri h trout in ViNs t ais i the indians ann kur four daas to ish fish anti it ameal miny 1 aas silting on abc bank nit one cuine along and nuin nivin awall and kind huls linetty cold bith lint lit little gaine or tiny lind her barc bioni I 1 iora here lirra we traveled trae tr led west ly anti auml on oil u small ani nii v M li it but little flin timbre ber wr we brn ben traveled all 11 day and flight nii lit to lo it a hogi viell MH timbered tini bend biek slopped here day an ani and I bad to t fl it bill pony from fit re we went north a ady ay s havel toa very fay large lir lake lay cd d one night front froni lie iwic we lit al dy d Y und came to lo the and simi rill rillers irs ot of one alicd und fifty lilt hodgs on div ln r I 1 rust wi paw the initial In lin gray head nho ho treated nc rot kindly we stopped tnie hele mx FIX alay days buffalo buttillo butT iilo are plen ernly ly lifie lie we bail plenty to cats c t then arar led up it 1 pon der river one day to lo tile batt L and stopped eten days buting the time billat illat we WC stopped lik re louls loina R ijac and jot ila bi sonette camlo lite ibi hillige und timid to liddi lor for mis file but could not come to a a cioper understanding with w ahli the incaini Inci lans ini altar alwy left vc illoyd up lip sailes ini lf wr ive slopped elwie and made med icim h s x ia i ai q here the t indians diina In sepa rit rf ill d three lodges going vieb me north on oil to lo a 1 mili atie tt in where we wa cimpl d ont one flight and abin mn x on to lo the not foilb ili foi h ol of riat t vo e were three ihne atis going we ans lsd it one lake inke and though aerion a c aion ab about allt one little und ind tine one it lil lit long mf the w bottom appi abed to br be a liy dry breh ani k bottom and 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