![]() The story goes that he and other Quapaw also tracked down the father and paid a ransom for him. With Indian war whoop and tomahawk uplifted, he sprang in upon them and took the children”. If Saracen no find them, you will see Saracen no more.” Alone and unaided, he overtook the marauding party near Arkansas Post. Going to the weeping mother, he said, “When the sun is so high (pointing with his hand) Saracen will bring your children. According to Judge Pope, written in 1895: “The news was brought to Saracen. Back in the late 1700’s two children and their father were captured by the Chickasaw Indians just south of Pine Bluff. As far as I know, they are still there…but I can’t promise that. Later they were loaned to the State Arts and Science Center and they encased them in a nice plastic case, which when returned was placed up on the wall again, case included. The BLACK arrow points to the Saracen Bow and arrows. My office was behind that red couch, and the door, decorated for Halloween by Miss Ann, the children’s librarian, was the entrance to my office. This is an old picture of the outside of my office at the Pine Bluff Main Library.
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