The Red Cloud chief., 1878-12-19
ANNIE AiklENA.
Her Straues so IvVa4 sie car-Sr~A
t'uerrinam 1853, q Sister u Nsrr, n

Her strange ~ scarcsr- 4
t'uerrinAm 1858, q Ulster " Nsrry n
1873. go
The following obituary noticc APP
pearcd ia one Vi the New Orleans pa
pcrs during the month 4 Ssuae aS,erl
"SisrrR Cfitsrr In ,tfs a,y. at
the Convent of the Siokers of Merry.
Sister Celeste, IN WEDNESDAY,. sept II,
is7s. A~2
Solemn Hight haes - Rsquicm At
the Churchsc at ths lnmMyulGAo GoAcep.
ton. next rI1sy. 80 o'clnpk. 49,
One serssuhsr day, u Ne ~ u
1862, thers rude up oths old. bu& oom-
fortable-loekLng farm house ~ AndzoN
Harris. near lH1eesnAsf,cc. Ao~a a~od
of seventy men. Arusds - ths ts1lh
with shotrEuns md rVvolven. Thoe
were all sesua9 esd ys~aR, cd heA =
u~nconccrasa sirof dsserSSasdI ssvssy.
All "a, un veIl On ,Seir hoy,ss. -,
young and hardy looking. a fee wsrs
boys, while othsrs hsd beard cod long
hair. They were Dressed In diven
styles-sone In red. blue. or checked
flannel shirt. others wore coats. All
had boots coming up over the psatar
looms above the knee. md most 9TH
big spurs nj the heels. THAR houss
WERE inaGnuicsnl and wo2l -dechsd %
with stSy brsdiss. 49, hsad u the
company fode d small man with q pale
face. light, short hair. blue eyes, light,
short mustsch~. II was Qusntrcil and
his men. Who needs Ia be told who
they were. or what they VAN. Dot
such robbers or frightful-looking PEG.
pie as sSsne soaid imagine. but bad
enough. indeed, They opcusa che gate
Of the hAsaays ri. and wen, in and dis.
mounted. having left n guard for Che
bill half n mile back. They pulled The
day down.~opsnsi The oorn-orib. aud
made themselves Z, hOme withou, sAy-
ing q word Ia Andrew Harris. sh, sGssi
old farmer they hnd oone va des,,oti
But he wa. no, Msturbcd--he was
ready 10 give them MI he had, Tor Ne
was one oi that numerous class who
lived in that section that was but ioo
ready Ia sucoor apylsaiy whose mis.ion
II WAS 10 fight the kansas Jayhswk-rs
The gucrrillas Aan found SL, uarris n
friend. warm and rrady % Aid them.
even a, the risk - his life. Quantr,ll
wa invited 10 takc dinner at the house
with the family. ard hts officers were
invited To come with him. One who
went with him was John M'Kecne. In
courage or stature thc peer of nhy mas
in the command. and on. Of tn. gree,
guerrilla chieftain's moss trusted coun.
sellers. lie had become famous for la
ring deeds, IA well ~ y hasdsnms Mp
pearance re had come from Cas-.
county, and in the breaking out II ths
war his father aud two brothers had
been killed Wy Jcnnisou's mon. from
Kansas. M'kecne took an oath that nc
grass should grow under his feet Ia hi,
pursuit Of the m~urderers VI his fatbcs
and brothers. and IN Kept hts oath with
frigntful vengcsuce. Hc. like n,osi
Of his companions In arms. hsGsms q
desperate. with rcvcuTc ~ the impell.
ing motive. Hn had killed msn both
old and yoang He hsd Learned IN
shoot them down with A mnch drlIber.
ateness - u he were ensagcd in Q sam.
pie practice IT markinansbip. But IN
was h~ansixuus, svr ali shsf, sfie ssepp~-i
like an athlete. aud bad q rude manner
that wa graceful In its way. He wore
a wide.brimmri, ~,ight-roIc~cd hat, on
which wa. panncd'a black feather.
wide belt VI ped morocco with gold sm.
broidery, and the eayAp boots 81 .
Federal colonel. In his belt swuaes
pair 81 ivory-handled nar, revolver
all the aFrnstha be nod Nrsil al lShs,
he carrieSrS Wfth .hcse hi was a mas
ter. always ready. gnirkxs % ysaaAs~
and deadly In his ann sitting on hi,
horse or~-ssswS,sg on fovt. he rfiyht n,
the envy Of The noblestsiormed. ana
mos, arS bSH.ssytHgtt thssrsyOR 10
longed To a. kSa61kas y H \
There vxesihSs lisSsesA n go. -
thusiasm usfe house or JAndprw Hx'
ris on the Sehtsmter day thst ousu
; ssI. ':s%as.s.'ssETa.H
food for thrJV gsen. given avay with
better good sfn Hun Andrsw hsrd,
WAS not alossa an hhs hospitality. ~
wife had . con with Price. and aaoshsI
buried ~ oD1asAa - Wiissa'e Csssk
She Vas dGGgps lnhpr q love. A.
there vs. o~o6tker-4ko 4oly child I'd
ut home-<nlgfrl esveuooO yesn ~
who. like many q h~r - In tAs6 Ssn,
and country. hsd sAheA Q husdrvs
times thss sAe we're & nan. that sh.
might g1iNoe u vss, ususss. sz-sw |.
She rathss use usr rs
were bis 90 a. IN 1880
and ~ 10 ~ ~ hsjf wss !.
long and p1stBAs--a sypo1 80
vel kno6nFto those who tlvsdin Wed
ern Missouri In tko~ei trcebtSoS Asys
She had rHAAr asgS. large sud susin
which stsrDsss " Lbsss a hss nsagh
borhood ~ 0sss Sst 10 skhs As
had made herself . dress II md aas
white. ANY sort Of vsAsI sslassr . b.
= was q demigod. Tba slid issAaity 4,
the times fsaud In her = splendid repre-
sentative. Her name. yosag a shu
wAs. had ssen spokea throughout hAl
hundred counties. She ~as knov,
at every Federal post in the State. an.