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Captured by the Cheyennes.
LETTER FROM MRS. BLINN, CAPTURED BY THE CHEYENNES.She hopes to be Ransomed, BUT FEARS BEING SOLD INTO SLAVERY. __________ Through the politeness of Mr. J. Beagles, Jr., U.S.A., en route from Fort Cobb, Indian Territory, to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Miss Myra Bosley, of this city, received intelligence of her neice, [sic] Clara Blinn, and boy two years old, who were captured, by the Indians on the 19th of October, as previously stated in these columns, near Fort Lyon, Colorado, and who are now with the Cheyennes in the southern and extreme west of the Indian Territory, as will be seen by the following letter, sent by her to a Mr. Griffinstein, who sent her a sheet of paper by "Cheyenne Jack," requesting to know her wishes; KIND FRIEND:--Whoever you may be, I thank you for your kindness to me and my child. You want to know my wishes. If you could only buy me of the Indians with ponies, or anything, and let me come stay with you until I could get word to my friends, they would pay you back, and I would work and do all I could for you. It is not far to their camps, and you are not afraid to come. I pray you will try and do so. They tell me, as near as I can understand, they expect traders to come, and they will sell us to them. Can you find out by this man (Cheyenne Jack), and let me know whether they are white men or Mexicans? If it is the Mexicans, I am afraid they will sell us into slavery in Mexico. If you can do nothing, write to W. T. Herrington, Ottawa, Franklin county, Kans[a]s, (my father,) and tell him we are with the Cheyennes; that we were taken on the 9th of October, on the Arkansas, below Fort Lyon, I cannot tell whether they killed my husband or not. My name is Mrs. Clara Blinn; my little boy is Willie Blinn; he is two years old. Do all you can for me, and God will bless you. Write to the Peace Commissioner to make peace this fall for our sakes. If you can, let me hear from you again; let me know what you think about it; write to my father and send him this. Goodbye. Mrs. R. F. Blinn near Antelope Hills.
Source: Unknown, "Letter From Mrs. Blinn, Captured by the Cheyennes," The Daily Kansas State Journal, Lawrence, Kansas, Sunday Morning, 20 December 1868, Vol. IV, No. 133, p. 1, col. 5.
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