Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1856-02-14
- ILL., = Ia IslgI Nj fyCi, F'EBRU UARY IA, 1885,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES A AGEDY,


The following graphic description q
the death Of The brave FoataneIIe. chief
Of the Omahas, IN a singIe-handed COM
flict with q band Of Sioux, ,xe copy from
the Missouri Democrat. 1tis the more
interesting on account of having occur
ed very recently 3
Logan Fontanelle, chieiaof the Oma-
has, has just been slain and scalped III
| 1Loup Fork, by 4 band pf yiynx, Y Logan
| was mobile falIow MD n This last NOR
IxaI conflict NJ. N ysraI of4hs
y NJ H. y 4 8 sasslsr-.
aid the coming Of his own sou Iie
fought long. desperately, and with great
effect but numbers fina1ly o7ercame
him, and his life departed through a
Hundred wounds. He died martyr to
his people, and his name should be carv-
ed upon lame's brightest tablet.
He was on his annual hunt with his
nation. A humber of his lodges were
Fpitched on the plains near Loup Fork
As a young warrior one day rode around
the adjacent hills, he espied powerful
band of Sioux encamped along a stream
in sequestered vale. He FASTENED to
inform Logan Of the propinquity and
power Of their natural foe. Logan or
dered his people to back Immediately,
and proceed in straight line, with all
speed, for home, when he would remain
behind, and divert the s;ssxs, Ss;;ss.s:x by false
camp fires ard other divices, from dir
ect pursuit oftheIaw This was about
twilight. The people got under way as
quickly as possible, but not, too soon
! fer scarcely had they turned highland
when several Sioux warriors came in
sight and discovered the place Of their
recent encampment. They examined It
and found that the Omahas had been
there, and they then returned to notify
their chief and bring an adequate force
to pursue and slaughter them.
Logan, from hiding place, saw all.
and kns " that no time Vas to be lost in
drawing their attention fir3Tl The trail,
would soon discover and fol-
lo0, and el5untipg his horse. lie dashed
away peed across the prairie, At
;ils rillslit I sngles with siha Sp,,ss his tribe had
iakep, and slruchsa FIRE Il about eight
miles slsIaat, Sn iii y elaiiiaiasnEe iaiasnE where the
s saals y q n 90, aslZg SIS 81 i, Hs had '.'l.
were OH tisG spot he ana lifs Peap Hi
Just left, and who, without stopping to
distinguish the trail, started for the fire,
which they saw rising against the. clear.
blue Sky, ard where they expected in
another nome ut to imbse their hands in
the gore of iIfeiifs isngua rdsd Victims.
But Logant no1 been ;'nwary. As
soon as the IRE was lighted, he again
mounted and rode eight or ten milesffur-
ther, and kindled another fire Just as
they reached the first. This rather be-
wildered them. They dismounted and
examined the ground. Logan antic;p-
ating this, had trotted and walked his
horse around it, so as to make the ap-
pearance upon the grass Of treading Of
a dozen horses and this drew themin-
tothe belief that small body had linz
gered behind and kindled this fire, and
then gone to where they could see the
next fire burning and SO they followed
with renewed avidity The same thing
as before. Logan had gone,
and another fire met their astonished.
gaze, while the same sort Of foot prints
were about the one around which they
were now gathered. Their suspicious
we're now awakened. They examined
The ground more closely, both far and
near, and discovered that asoliiary horse
man had deceived them, and they knew
i was for the sole purpose of leading
Them off from the party whose enca.Dp-
ment, they had first discovered.
Logan saw them goiug round with
glaring torches, and understood their
pbject, aid knew that bis only chance Of
safety was in immediate fight towards
MS home and he further knew that ty
The time they cehld retrace their way to
heir place N starting. and find the trail h
that his own people had taken, they