Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1848-12-30
KEsTUCEy GALLANT DEAD.
January IL, 1872.

KEsrUoEY's GALLANT
January L. 1872
River Rasln-- VI chgan.
The bones Of these brave were found in n com
mon grave, which accidentally upturnrd while a
street IN Monroe, Michigan, being dug down. The
skulls being all coven with the tomahnwk,
induced tie wcrkmeu To make inquiry, ant an aged
Frcnchman, living that town, survivor oi the n'as
sace, knew hcm the bones Of the unfortunate Ken
the spot where they buried
Information sent Ia Kentucky aud that state WIN
ITS characteristic spirit, promptly took means Tor their re-
mosal. The State desolved the charge upon Colonel
Brooke, gallant participant and survivor or that IN
fortunate affair
\ procession, solemn and imposing, formed in
Covngton and the long funeral train passed through
the streets was witnessed by hundreds gloomy silence.
Although age bud interviewed since those old crumb-
ling bones animdtesince those brave men had let
their homes die IN their counys cauaeye The tear
Of grateful remembrance not absent from the eye "i
n new gencrnou Old Time seemed 10 have stepped
for ard in The sombre habimens Of mourning, to recall
tear for the long forgotten j
KrSrrcKY, mother of the brave
Lei solemn prayers be sind,
And welcome to honored gfnve,
Thy loved and gallant dead
Thy gaIlan, dead-hey come they come
What will thy greeting be
The bugie note, the martial drum,
Aud hammers waving free
No--toli for them the solemn kncli--
Let dnges sad be- sung,
AID be- Tie flag they loved So well,
\ pail around them flung
H. other DAYS when .reeuen BLEED,
in fearful border strife
When savage tomahawk Ks were red,
With unu1ending life.
Wrh all tie arlor youth mparts,
They songh, the battle PLAN;
Those sialwari forms aud noble hearts,
They came not back again
oh they missed where kindred met,
In cottage homes 81 wore
Flowers bloomed and died suns and set,
Eu they returned no more
Young hopeful hearts IN sorrow pinned
Young eyes wet with trars--
And f,ndIy mourning, memory shr'ned
Their names, or long, hong years
Theirs was M common baiile-G field
For savage hearts decteed
And savage vengeance there revealed
\ most Inhuman deed
A grave 10 in dsned
Thc brave, the gallant sinlu
And Oenan lett them when they died,
Upon the battle PLAN
No voice To- sonthe, no hand to bless
The suffering wounded
No--thcy IN all their hrlplr-sness,
Were gwen To the flame
Where Rai.ius sparkling waters glide,
Through forest, grove and glade
Defending freedom soil. they died,
Aud there their graves were made
Ave made beneath the ancient trees,
Deep ia the tangled wIlds;
Their only requiem the breeze
Amidst the forest aIses.
Tho moonbea,ns came, ut mdnighi'4 hour
Aud softly trembled there;
Aud angels made that lonely bower
rher ne,er.sleeping care
Al fragrant flowers, of brilliant dyes,
Blno:ued c'rr the silent sud
And lifted up their fearful eyes,
Like lnOufneIs 10 Their God.
Tho world has changed--fDr many ycnrs
Have come, SINCE then, aud gon-
With nys aud woes and hopes mud fears,
And still they siun'bnr
The pleasant homes ~ which they grow,
Are the strangers
The CAV, the beautiful, the true,
The lo.ed-tisy are not there.
The friends who knew their manly worth,
Have ppssed from time away
rhe children left beside their hearth,
Are growing old aud gray.
Another generation bears
Their ashes sud and slow
Another generation wears
For them the weeds OF
Thy gallant dead - oh, hoard their dust
Within tly hottest shrine;
II - u proud, sacred trust
Their deathless fame ~ thiue