The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-04-30

t0hS SOOo GILL.
The order to sire" is repeated. The
murderous band discharge a volley at the
prisoners; but one man among those as
sassins, turns and fires his revolver in the
air, saying, "By God. Captain 1 will not
shoot unarmed men,"
Eleven men lie upon the ground, be-
fore us; the wounded, the dying, the
dead. Their murderers now advance to
pick the pockets of their victims, and see
whether life is already extinct.
"Here's old Reed, not quite dead yet;
give him another shotn A man places a
revolver behind the ear of the man, and
fires, remarking before doing so, II have
generally found this to be the best place
to shoot man."
See They pick the pockets of those
PROSTATE men; they turn them over t;
kick them, and with many brutal, unfeel-
ing remarks, exult over this horrid deed
of blood.
"This is the man from Sugar Mound /;
he must have money. No, not dime
Good enough for him he was friend
of Captain Corvus."
But, enough. They take horse from
the wagon and leave rapidly, unconscious
of the money which has been concealed.
One among the prostrate victims, slow
ly, carefully, cautiously raises his head
reconnoiters-all is silent, save the agon-
izing groans of the wounded and dying.
He slowly, cautiously rises to his feet.
finds that he still has the power of loco
motion, and darts swiftly away from the
terrible scene.
Ten still remain. The man mistaken
for another, and shot the second time, is
still alive.
Mark that aged wife and matron, as
with feeble step, and terrible PRESENT.
ment, she tolls along toward this dead
mans glen. Her Rev. husband is among
those who have survived this terrible Or
deal.
ale still lives" What strangely
blended emotions of joy, of horror, sway
her heaving bosom, as she views her hus-
band, and casts her eyes over the other
victims of this fendish outrage. She
goes to procure help; but the people are
alarmed and in motion, and hurrying, hor-
or-stricken, to the dreadful place. She
returns, but her husband has crawled
away, and for time is not to be found.
Help is arriving. See, there is wagon;
and mark that woman as she, with almost
superhuman effort, raises that dead man
from the ground and places him in a
wagon.
The startling and terrible intelligence
has gone in every direction. Men neal
and remote hasten on to the scene
of this appalling, bloody, tragedy.
Hark! hear that shrek /; how it ring;
out clear, shrill, and strikes painfully upon
the ear. 1t proceeds from that beautiful
young, fond wife and mother, who is SC
suddenly bereaved, and who lies now be.
fore us deathly pale, white, bloodless and
motionless. .....
She has swooned-she revives, rallies
relapses, spasm follows spasm, and con-
vulsion succeeds convulsion.
The sun of her life is shrouded il
blood; all the joys, hopes, treasures-al
the brilliant flowers of existence are crush
ed, blotted out, withered, consumed b,
one fell stroke, and their pale ashes ar
scattered broadcast over the charred an,
blackened waste.
Not far from the Marias des Cygne:
under the lee of high forest-crowne
: bluff, which bounds them on the ives
are five graves. Here repose the morts
tenements of those murdered, who fell i
Dead Mans Glen.
J Those earth mounds see not the beam
, of the low declining sun; the bluff an
, forest shadows rest soothingly upon thos
: graves, and the wind murmurs q mourn
! full requiem, as it sways the foliage Of tt
Q tree-arms that reach out so lovingly t.
D ward them. Rest they in peace.
D Five hundred men are in arms, ar
have met together in the vicinity Of Des
t Mans Glen.
# "The murderers have escaped to Mi
, souri,. They are prowling around We
Point let US go and demand them.
k the citizens surrender them, well if nc
let US bum the town."
1t Such is the cry from hundreds.
,, That fine looking man with dark VIII
d kers, and who is mounted on that not
e, steed, is the Sheriff.
al A small, black-eyed, quick-motion
r man is in consultation with him..
Ie Apart frsm the Sheriff is Capt. Cory,
n and his boys are promiscuously mixed
n with the multitude.
,e The Sheriff speaks to his friend:
10 won't do to let Corvus have the cont
of the men. The conclusion is to go
t; West Point, and get the murderers,
at they are there. The people there.
ss lieve that if Corvus had not been engag
b, with his boys in robbing people and ru
re ming them out of the Territory, this ter
d, bic event would not have happened.
y Corvus leads the men. there will be b
tie. and the town will be burned. Ma
j. are clamoring for it already"
10 "Thatis true" replies the friend; |"
OF must head off that movement and, lie
m the company ourselves. If Corvus b
D. let him keep subordinate position"