[The following is an account of being captured by Native Americans. In it, Fanny Kelly’s family was part of a wagon train traveling along the Platte route from Kansas to Idaho, during 1863 and 1864.]
Mary went back to the road and waited. A party of three or four soldiers saw her from across a ravine, but thought she might be a decoy set out by the Native Americans to lure them into a trap. As they cautiously started toward her, they spotted some Native Americans and fled, leaving the girl behind. Apparently, the Native Americans also saw her and chased her, shooting her with three arrows. They then clubbed her to death with a tomahawk and scalped her. Her body was found two days later by Mr. Kelly and buried.
Source:
Stephens, John Richard. “Victims of History.” Weird History 101: Tales of Intrigue, Mayhem, and Outrageous Behavior. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2006. 167. Print.
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