A Standard History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin. An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development.

              76 HISTORY OP AA^AUPACA COUNTY
unhitched his oxen from the plow and we went to the house. Speaking to his wife he said: 'Wife, they think they have found Caspar.' Airs. Boughton then said: 'If there is a'scar on the foot it will never deceive me in the world.'
'' The sub-chief Peter thought a great deal of me. We had had many a conversation in which I asked him the Indian word for this and that English word. If I forgot, I would ask again until I could remember it. B}^ this means I learned many of the Indian words that I thought I would need. This conversation with Airs. Boughton gave me something to do. I must get the Indian words for 'foot' and 'scar.' Mr. Boughton and I came down to Air. Hibbard's where Judge- AA^are gave me his orders. After Mr. Boughton had started on his mission, I went over to the wig¬ wam and opening the canvas said 'Bashoo,' at which the old squaw replied, 'Ah, smokiman, ah.' 'Indian in wigwam?' was my question. In answer to which she replied 'Ah, smokiman, ah,' motioning toward the west, to give me to understand that the Indian was hunting up west of town. I then asked her 'Indian come in petite?' That is, will the Indian come back soon ? She said ' Ah moon,' pointing toward the east. By this she meant that the Indian would be back by the next sunrise. As I came back by Mr. Hibbard's, I told him to come up and tell me if the Indian came that night, so that I could go down and get the Indian w^ords for 'scar' and 'foot.' If he did not come up, I w^ould keep watch for him, as he came down from the west in the morning.
"At half past nine the next forenoon, all those who had been notified to meet at Air. Sessions' who could be present, were on hand. Those who took part in rescuing the boy were the five Dieter brothers, Joe and AVilliam Hibbard, E. C. Sessions, Judge Ware, 0. E. Dreutzer, Alfred Woodward, Moses Buckman, George W. Ross, AVard Lent, J. Ai. Vaughn, John M. Dewey, James Thomas, Granville Jones, A. B. Gee, A. Hitchcock, J. Taliday and your humble servant. I left the company which was collected at the north end of Aiain street where Mr. Sessions lived, and took my stand near the present site of G. L. Lord's house (written about 1886) to await the return of the Indians. I had been there about fifteen minutes, when I saw Peter coming over the hill back of Judge Scott's, house. I ran dow^n to meet him, coming to him in the hollow south of the jail. After the usual salutation, I said, pointing to a scar on my hand, 'We call that a scar. What do you call it?' He told me, and I wrote it down on a piece of paper I had brought for the purpose. Then pointing to one of my feet I said: 'We call that a foot. What do you call it?' He told me, and I wrote that word down. Then i told him: ' There are heaps and heaps of smokiman up here, and are going down to get the pappoose.    You stole it when it was petite pappoose, Winnebago