Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1856-02-14
NO. Sc.

Thai Lt WUuIA Glthsi tpka IuItutEs dHu htki~
die another watch fire, or start for his
nation in q straight line and thefefore'
one party went little further, and .sthea
others spread out towards the Omaha
country. for the purpose Of infercep.ing
him. Logan pressed forward Az fast as
his jaded steed could bear him. nnlil he
thought he had entirely ended them,
but as the day dawned, to his horror
land distnay, he saw his pursuers close
upon his track He turned his curse for
4 rayine, which hc discovered al a dis
|taDce covered with trees and under
ssifisswtss resdsdii ID reaching i,
and just within IFS verge he met al, In
dian girl dipping water from the spring.
She was startled, and about TO cry for
help, when he hastily assured her that
needed protection and assistance. With
the true instinct Of a noble woman, she
appreciated his situation in an instant,
and all her sympathies were with him.
She directed him to dismount and go to
a small natural bower TO which she
pointed him, in the verge of the woods,
while she would mount his horse and
lead his pursuers away. He obeyed
her, and she mounted his horse and
dashing on in serpentine way through
the woods, leaving marks along the
brushes by which she could be traced.
The pursuers soon followed When
she had some distance dowt, the branch
she rode into Tie wafer anu ioi,vwru y {, {,
descending course for a few steps, max
ing her horse touch its sides and leave
footprints in that direction, and then
and then turned up the stream and rode
above the place at which she entered it,
without leaving a trace, and back to
where Logan.was concealed. She told
him to mount and speed away, while his
pursuers We're going in a contrary dir
ection down the ravine.. He did so,
and got a long distance out of sight, and
again thought himselfout Of the reach Of
danger, when III valley just in front Of
him he saw fifty braves coming up the
hill to meet him. They were some Of
those who were returning from the pur-
suit Of his people. Tle changed his dir
ecsiof and tried to escape, but his poor
horse was to much exhausted to bear
him with sufficient speed With savage
wells they plunged their rowels into their
horses sides and gained upon him. AS
4 Ahlfsa M. foremost approached within good
siioo otinssss III lance. Logan turned sudden
y and sent bullet through his brain.
Then loading as he gaIlopped on. he
soon made another bite the dust and
then another, and another, until four
were strewn along the plain. just then,
however, as he was again reloading. his
horse stumbled and fell, and the band
rushed upon him before he had well re-
covered trom the shock. He was shot
Nth bullets and arrows, and gashed with
omahaWks, and pierced with lances;
notwithstanding all which he rose amid
lis foes, and with his dubbed rifle and
he piled around him FIVE
orostrate bodies, and fell with his back
lpon their corpes, and expired still fight
ng. He was scalped, and hundreds Of
warriors held a great war dance over
lin.
Thus Logan Fontanelle departed, and
lis noble spirit was followed to the spir-
t land by the sights and lamentations Of
lis nation and the sympathies and as-
,irations Of the brave EVERY land.
THE GRAVE OF MADisoN.--A corres-
,ondent Of the fredericksburg News,
n Culpepper county, Va, gives mel
InchoIy picture OF the last resting place
{ the iIustrions Mhdison. He lies
With his family in graveyard short
istance from his house, upon his estate
+ Montpelier the family cemetrysis
urrounded by brick wall, and the
ate is entirely down. The correspon-
ent says that not stone marks the
,reat man. 5 resting place dark, run
ing green box wraps it with verdure,
md tho tracery Of branches from an old
,hestnut tree, relieving itself against
be warm azure sky. nod and wave
,versth dark mountain. It's q solemn.