, 1877-03-12
THE FAR WEST.
Indian Legends-..The Story of
Standing Rock.
Fort Abraham Lincolrs---A Battle
with Sioux in 1868.
Burnt Boat Island..-A Fearful Tragedy
Ten Years Ago.
Tho Romance Of a Mound..-A bad Indian
Who petrlflcd 1lis Daughter.

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6pfesdi Gorrttponatnes g 1"e I1ea"e. IT,.
s1ANn'So lsocA' pnk. tes., a'usen o,-' :, ~
eh WI. Nnen .,. sscs ~ .t.s luz tnan ~"
tary post tho name thcy ncas,-
srAEn1Su nocK,-
fs n very smat, objcct,-uot over two feet in
.." ~ ~ @ ~ s..t .nS ss,.,,s .,~n ,,nt In
ses's' OF sse'i'' ~ 1e'' anI sua"s W.
height, Win shApe somcWnas fcse1nos!n9 y
Is a. follows: sinny scars ago this county
.~,~ ,,.,,,,Ioa hv ti,c Srict,rno rn,1lnn. f,nc
~ thn.a ,,aJ s,row .rh, ~. ro,v Icvotcd IN
oi tacss ma" sq"aN @no ,, Mas ss'5 ueso.ct 49, ~
him; which fact, however. did not prevent hlm
taking another squaw to his lo1fgc, according to
o .tan se.n, - S ,S. Hs ,s,.o ~ sr 1or md
mnsscF's love between two women, and 50 she
abandoned tho lodge ana went ont on tho
prairie With l,cr infant child where she sat down,
an;l wrpt. nni1 grteyct1, and starvcl She died
~ sicrc "', md ~ I'm infant In srlth her. md oth
thcfe' ~" 'no ,h!aa1 "'sa net' "'"a ,.-,. ~"
were pctriheu INTO one stonc' WINCH ID
Standing Rock. Offerings arc made to this
ruck-t,,o pctrifIcd woman and chlll-ncarly
a~,.r dnr rbo ,,<, ~ tho rrtt- n o1wnva
s'I.y !, a., s.a,nS ~ -. h,." ,-o foa,t. .fnt}
pahtco' anu a!ouhu Hs oasc n'u oeM1s' e'o@"'
arrows. ar,d other articles used ~ Indians.
s,ouI ] eo,,ntry. was recently at Fort Abraham
1I,,.n,, a,,, hcau, =
A"eo.'s, na nr.r aau "sa," ~a."n rorc,,rxo vo,xn
on the h'shss. point a Of which thai pSt a ., pa,t
eo,or n0 ,n 1t ara Is deUa' 3ess aaye shs
thn ailaern. uT,,nni At .},a nrescnt
tlmc. From tts suinmit oae eaa eomnan1 nm. i,,
view Q! tho Missouri tavef iof tWenty-Ast toiies
somih. md eau oTcrInnt tba Northern racldc
Haiiroal Tor alstausS1of twelve miles, Inclui-
ins the town q pismatek. Several @ pspts IT, q, q
great 70 to iate historian OF ,nh Ssh c ,s o
connected with IT.. l;ookinr 11wn tho river aud
over the county on tue sass sIc, l,oH of timber
ark x'' On 4t pocs HS q ~ bfown papsr This hnber
marks iho course oe Apple csse5: ~ which emp m
tics ito the Missouri Rtyer about n.y. l m''es ge
low Fort ABRAHAM Lincoln. 70 lfont oi its
and down tue fsycr., Is heasily'woodsA lslanu.
called slbley ls1antl, supposed /" haTe been
named ~ honor OF soiat,tecr oilcef W1to eoin.
sonn from Snpsota to se Missouri sou ves
attcr the n!nssaero OF lsa ~ plain near tha
mouth Of Apple Ctcck' between F ti'at pofnt a''d
tho Town ot bismarck, was ioneht
| TIE @ LAST nAIfhE ,eco ,,c,
af tho Sioux In the Indian var Ct isee anu 'tE3;
| The troops were pressing tic Indians, Wh1 bad
reached tue hank q tue MISSOURI eneamoSFSn t.:l
wsm e a,tcr sneep nisoesa ao Tu u
their hands. There Is leasT be,t of tltt'ber
nloDg tho cast bank " tho river At
this polltt Which a1iofuca she!tcr
| to tho Indiana anu concealed thc!r
crossing from the troops. H1t,
bclorc they liaa elected the ,1'assnEc OF the
river, Wh!ct, 'vas over ihe Island referred 70
nborc, they became alarmed lest thc army should
ndrancc iipo1i tlen tn the very net Of crosslnEt
their boats H'ntlo 81 skins. rnlts, canoes, etc. 70
prevent tlls, body III warriors WIS sciIt out TO
! engage the troops anu occupy their nttontion
until tho women, children, md property hnl
been fcrricd over. The troope were satisfied At
being ahlc to hold their catnpEround,
and mario no, a1avaheo after the attack
by tho lhdians ceasetl. The Indians lett nn1n-
ber vi wagons aud other plumber, brought FROM
Afnncsotn IN thu Woods. which fell into tho
hanls of tue army a few years ago, boot-heei
was found,
rETntYIED,
on the battlefield. which y preserved 10 one or
tho private COLLECTIONS OF cLrlostles of u!s-
,narck, IL consequence Of tho TRADITION tint its