TheIndaba kaCelia njengoba siyigcine ezinqolobaneni iqala ngenhlekelele yakhe ngo-1850, uRobert Newson ongumlimi ophumelelayo oneminyaka engama-60 ubudala ongumlimi wamadoda ayizigqila eziyishumi uthatha isinqumo ngokushona komkakhe ukuze azithengele isigqila esisha esingamakhilomitha angama-40 ukusuka endaweni yakhe yokulima. eCallaway County, eMissouri. Ukuntuleka kobukhona besifazane okwakuqhuba ikhehla kwaguqula ukukhetha kwaso isigqila esineminyaka engu-14 ubudala okuthiwa uCelia. Endleleni ebuyela emuva kule nsimu, leli khehla ladlwengula uCelia okokuqala ngqa, liveza ubunhlobo bobudlelwano inkosi eyayifuna nale ntombazanyana. Wambeka endlini encane yamapulangwe lapho ayehamba khona njalo iminyaka engu-5 eyodlwengula isigqila esisha. Ngalesi sikhathi uCelia wazala izingane ezimbili nazo ezaba yimpahla yenkosi.
Ngentwasahlobo ka-1855, uCelia waqala ukuthandana noGeorge, esinye isigqila salesi sitshalo, futhi wakhulelwa ngemuva nje kokuqala kobudlelwano babo. Ngokwesicelo sikaGeorge, uCelia wacela ukuvikelwa kwendodakazi kaNewson ekudlwengulweni kwendoda endala ngesikhathi ikhulelwe. Ngobusuku bukaJuni 23, 1855, uRobert Newson waya egumbini likaCelia, ngokungangabazeki ehlose ukumdlwengula futhi. Akaphindanga wabuya ekhaya.
Yize ngesikhathi kuqulwa icala lakhe uCelia wayengavunyelwe ukufakaza eziphendulela, uphenyo olwenziwe kulandela ukuvuma kukaCelia nobufakazi obubonakalayo buholele ekwakheni kabusha le micimbi. Esaba inkosi yakhe, uCelia wayesethole induku ayeyifihle ekhoneni lekhabethe lakhe. Ngobusuku bokuhlaselwa, ngesikhathi sokuzivikela uCelia uthathe abasebenzi bakhe washaya inkosi yakhe. Uqhume isidumbu ngemuva kwalokho wazama ukushisa izinsalela zomzimba eziko elincane lekhabethe lakhe.
Ngakusasa, engayibonanga inkosi endala, isithandwa sikaCelia siyamkhaphela ukuthi uzosola le nceku esencane njengoyimbangela yokunyamalala kwendoda endala. Emzameni wokugcina wokubaleka uCelia wanikeza umzukulu wemitha inqwaba yamanathi ngenhloso yokusiza ukususa izinsalela zomzimba ehlathini. Etholwe enecala lokubulala yijaji lomphakathi, ukuvuma icala kukaCelia kwamukelwa njengengxenye yecala ngenkathi kukhombisa ukungahambisani okuthile ebufakazini bakhe mayelana nokubulawa kukaNewson.
Ukukhulelwa no-ethe-ethe uCelia ngokomzimba bekungeke kwenzeke ukusika futhi athwale izinkuni ezingaka egumbini lakhe ukwenza isidumbu sendoda endala sinyamalale. Isithandwa sakhe uGeorges, nesandla ekubulaweni, sizoba nesandla ekushumeni ikhehla futhi uCelia waqamba amanga ngesikhathi kuqulwa icala lakhe ukuze avikelwe. Ngemuva kokubulawa nokuboshwa kukaCelia, uGeorges wanyamalala engakaze ashiye nomkhondo.
Ngesikhathi kuqulwa leli cala, ummeli kaCelia wazincengela ngokuzivikela ngokuhlaselwa ngumdlwenguli ebhekise emthethweni ka-1845 owawukwenza kube semthethweni "ukuthatha umuntu wesifazane ngokungahambisani nentando yakho ngenkani noma ngokusongela" ethi lo mthetho kufanele usebenze kakhulu kowesifazane omhlophe njengesigqilakazi.