Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-01-25

IEavags Warfare IN brooklyn.
Ons day last week 4 Joralsmon
|styset msn arrived from Carlisle,
Ifshn.. wfsh asyovinG Indian squaw
whom no had taken from school
there and whom he proposed to
train for an upper servant.
The news Of the arrival flew like
Wild fire, and the small boys Of the
hns6fh borhood began preparations
~ tie campaign. They slept on
the floor nights, wrapped in blank
cts, to inure themselves to the fa-
tigue and harlships Of an active ex-
| petition, and ate hard tack and
such spoiled meat as they could
find, that they might prove trained
soldiers when hostilities opened.
Friday night was fixed for the at
Iinck, Twenty veteran youngsters
who had read Of a score Of bloody
Indian battles armed themselves
with broom handles and focked TO
the ARRAY.
aBe cautious, men!" whispered
Doony Murphey, who had been
elected general. ".The enemy is
now at prayer meeting. She win
return through the Fulton ravine,
and az she rounds the angle into Jo-
ralemon canon we will trail her to
her lair!o
sShall we hctake ourselves to the
woods, General?n inquired Mick Nc
CARNEY, who was second in COM
| mand.
| $50 dor ordered the General, iii
a stentorian voice but the troops got
behind tree boxes and lamp posts.
Not a sound broke the stiffness
save the bells and brakes Of the
Court street bEflaloes, as they stop
ped to discharge or take in passen-
gers. The wind swept across the
prairie in front Of the City Hall,
drowning the roar of the grizzly bear
as he hawked his eagles up and
| down the lonely basin Of Myrtle av-
enue. A spreading antler bucI;
stood before the Academy billboard
wildly chawing the Patti show bills
and rejoicing in his freedom.
/ At length the prayer-mecting ser
vices were ended, and Sarah, the
squaw, started with the free AID
easy stride of her race to ride home
Brooklyn expects every man 1
do his duty!' said Gen. Doony Muir
ply, as a scout reported the arriva.
| Of the foe. He turned shade pal
or MS he spoke, but his companions
noted it not. '.yVhen l give the
ringing word of command, heave al
the reds0As!" he continued, and, al
the orders went down the line, eacl
hoodlum grasped his stick will
. | firmer hand and thought of hon,
and mother.
Slowly and with elastic tread Sar
ah alighted from a Greene, Gates 4
Fulton Indian pony and cautiousl,
!, picking out the trail, passed Owe
the plains where Court and Fulton
. meet, and turned into the dark ant
dismal canon Of Joralemon, destined
room to sparkle with life blood.
! 'Lic quiet, men, ordered the Gen
eral, "Col. Mick Mccartney, yo1
: may lead the attack, surround he
: if you can, but he wary. The re,
devil may escape into her mountai
: fastness unless you are wary!"
Colonel Mick gave ringing sa
lutte, and ordered his men to STAN
fast.
Sarah had penetrated the rayin
about hundred feet when sudder
{ ly there arose yell of rage and yer
geance, and the troops. were upo
her.
The battle was bitter. Murph
and his men were brave, but tn
squaw had legs like thrashing M;
chine and fists like shoulders of bee
Across the prairie the wind bore ii
howls OF the wounded and the cras
Of the fray, mingled with the shire
of defeat and the hoarse cry Of vi
tory.
Then all was still again and peac
full in that awful dell.
And the buck left the Patti sho
bills and wandered over the feel
gorging himself on assorted sizes
seats Of trousers, thiekly scattert
there. The red child Of the plail
went home, thinking that civiliz
ton had some charms, and inclin,
to regard coming home as more el
waiting TO the morals than going
} |prayer-meeting, while Murphy al
Mccartney stood up before the Ia
tered remnant Of their army and e
amined dime novels to see whe
they made their mistake.