The Red Cloud chief., 1878-12-19

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bad lonsvi H. $50 each other lie hal
said .h. ~as IN. brsvest IN Ms
SUR she hsd aid be ~S tho hrssesi
snsn II ali the rough rdsg. Il he eSr
Der. CcnscQasnrsO mss sey $50
hsr father. tssk~h eseMd
mee,ing. and cav ~H rforc ~sr
pleased.
A. The sun ~va, ao-a vsen,y~L Ap.i
BIZ. men RIDE away. and ssfhes r>ss-t
Aluns In frun, II the house, Anntt slo-sS'
a The gate nod rrrcived asAlUle fppm
each one. nca VS. shat che wsshed
morv fervrnuy Ihsn cw Q thai she was
msa. ,hs, she mighty slong
Tn the follo~ing surning. rciorv The
sun bad coine up. Nc advances faSfIN
TIE pur.uing fct rails came up D. the
house II Andrew Harris In bot puualt
They ksi teen told by = dor-n friendly
citizens Il the hospitality extended Ia
QuAntrrll and his men by the old fsr.
m.r. and this "a. ohcns- enough
They called him out. a-d. after a few
anini portant questions, shot him down.
then burned the house. In icsss than
at hour then hAd made \ scchc II BLACK
dcsolsiiOn. And the girl aud the mother
had suugh, refuge With a Kind hearted
neighbor, II was tn. wAy %, ttd timss
a Characteristic If guerrilla wafiarr.
and something that needs no atNolngy
nav, since tins has ap<i up H. lc9~
buried the dead. anil pui out hc htc,
In, pursuit ~ ouaatrvll continued
until hc Vas o~NcriAkcn. Thew ~as =
close. sharp light, which resulted In the
'dtfca, and disbandmcnt II the gu.r.
rillas. John Mkccnc returned t. the
ruins II the Harris homestead and
learned the whole story lie met An
ME Harris. and the two pledged AsAk
vows II eternal vengeance, There W.
more than that. She said she would
40 with him and deal III, blows ~ death
a. he did.
TN horseback they went Ia y humble
preachers house. and. without s,ieht.
Ing. had him makr them man ss,d vito.
She throw away her somAn's drsss and
, onncd male attire. She put on belt.
beside. and two uyolvsrs. and her long
hair she tucked up under her hat. sh.
looked ~ much Mkc a soldier ss many
o young boy that wen, ou with Guam
'trell.
The whole land wns full of EcAsral
soldiers. aud Joha McKes~@, ana hi.
gucrilla wife had Ia share the dangers
aud priyAtions IL all II their Kind. Their
home was the saddle. their shelter the
woods; they were together In more than
one ambush attack, aud together saw
more than ON. II the hact8 enemy bite
the dust Whom III. winba came aud
the leaves lei, the trccs. thes rode away
,o the south. snd waltrdsh0r until the
leaves were again as big ~ the ears II
TIM squirTS.A,iAan they rrturncd ~ their
constant battle-ground. D N June
morning. ise5. = thew ana NAH \ dosnu'
Others Srrs riding along over III. prai.
re, near The liuk town ~ ices Sitns
h %'t; An ~ S,sSnr} sihsa'' Tssps ", az y
dos pcrsL, encosakr. an which john
Nc enc was shot dead aud Annie Mo-
k.r was shot through the shoulder
the others II this g,oylIla, .ssso,A.
When the Fr,icrals camc ,p "a whhro,
McK.nt aad his ,stfe fell. QUO Il re
soldiers lsreisd his rcyolver IA tho b~eA
of o. woman in disgui~, but sler,.
Lhc Trigger was pulled she threw oG hrr
hat, .nAkehed her long hs,r siosn.sad
sat up before him with Ne faos -
woman. Tn. revolver wa put up. Nrd
the mystery solved. She told them an
she had nyed for had gone. but that shc
did not zeal ready Ia die her-clf. Sse
begged them Ia give her companion tbs
bcyt burial they could. and said she
wanted la 90 tai Kansas City. There
was n tone 81 voice aud Q uyle Il carn.
| estness about her oyAvctsuaio ~,
toached the hcArts u de cough sdad-
I icrs. and they buried John McKepc OUT
| on the broad prairie; but MOI q stones Or
q piece of wood lay nearss than . halt
| Dozen miles VI tbs place, and hothisg
left Ia mark the place Vt tho grave.
HUI then IL ~as such q bnvisl ~ manv
y poor mns did no, have In those days.
/ Annie McKens vas taken to Kansas
\ CITY, and there recovered under the
care u some Sisters II Mercy. She
removed To Memphis, Tsnn, asd ,h.r,
| oipcd the Catholic church, and r.solv-
cd to devote her life Ia the care ~ IN.
sick and distressed. Sbsbccamc . Sis.
ter IL Mercy. went Ia the front II the
srny. and. during the remainder ~ the
war. proved unremit,iag In her work ~
love and mercy. After the coming ~
| peace she removed Ia New Orleans and
| became attached To the Convent Of the
Sisters II Mercy. Ia devotion IA her
mission not n surpassed her in earn
| cstness. She was ever ready Ia bear
ths heaviest burden, and manifested
the fostiiude In n good work that she
hd in n reckless guerilla warfare az the
I WI. II John McKsne.
She beore the secr., ~ her life we'll
II WAS n memory that had grown sacred
by her expistion, and sround II SAs the
sweet incense ~ n thousand prayers
~ had gone up out % = soul ~ tear.
When the late epidemic came on she
It4as among the foremost To 10 10 the
S6kiside OF the stricken and the dying,
- watched by day and by nights
faithful . nurse ~ ~ver say the spark
fof hfe 20 ut. Not only with her hand
did she aid the suffering. but also 10
word did she give strength tn many q
par heart. Thus she labored and thus
che fulfilled the sacred vow u her life,
tWul the Father of Mercy claimed the
besr of Mercy ~ his own. Annie Nc
ufse. Of 1855. vas the Sister Celeste
\ Whese death 10 announced In the notlcs