Helen's Miraculous Rescue from Indian Captivity

While on a fishing trip in southern Utah, two girls named Helen and her unnamed companion were abducted by seven Indians. Helen's brother, Joe, who could imitate bird calls, used this skill to signal to Helen that help was near. Upon hearing the call, Helen felt that God would provide a means for their rescue. Moments later, the Indian guards were distracted by their horses' tangled ropes. Joe and his companions seized the opportunity to rush the camp, allowing the girls to escape on horses held nearby. Though the Indians fired at them, the rescue party and the girls safely reached a white settlement.

Fuller account of this event (as retold in The Young Woman's Journal, vol. 19 no. 10 (October 1908), page 585):

While the five were planning in low whispers the best course to pursue they heard a whip-poor-will calling to its mate. Joe answered, whereat one of his companions suggested that he continue to call to or answer the bird to warn Helen that friends were near. The Indians, however, were suspicious and kept a close watch, and it was not until the moon had gone down and the camp was in darkness that the rescue party dared to approach. Several times Joe's clear sweet call rang out upon the air before Helen realized it was her brother. Imagine her joy when she heard the call again and knew they were found, for she thought, 'God will provide means for our rescue.' The Indians were busy with their horses, which had become entangled in the ropes, and this gave the rescuers their opportunity. They rushed the camp, and in the confusion that followed, the girls were placed upon horses that had been held in readiness, and they were soon riding for their lives. The Indians, discovering their loss, fired several shots at the fleeing party, but they were too far away to do any damage, and the girls, with their brave rescuers, reached the settlement in safety.