In the fall of 1847, after we came in here he (Batiste) brought to our Fort a young Indian boy and squaw that he had stolen in Beaver valley from a tribe called the [illegible] Band. The boy was about 16 years old and the girl about 18, as near we could judge, he offered them for sale, the people refused to buy them: Batiste then told the whites, if they would not buy them, he should kill them. The whites not believing his statement, still refused to purchase them. Batiste then took out his two prisoners to his camp, and killed the boy. he then returned to the for with the girl and offered her for sale. a young man by the name of Charles Decker (a son in law of mine) gave Batiste a gun for the girl. she has lived in my family ever since, has fared as my children, and is as free.