St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-19
THE LEGEND OF GLEN PLYM.
An Indian Maiden's Love for an Unfor-
tunate Scout

tunate Scout
In 1868, when the Indians made a raid
into Douglass aud FL Paso counties, they
sought hiding places in this country-Colo-
radO-but the canyon Of Deer creek is too
small for a covert. Turkey creek canyon
gives more secure hiding-places. Among
other interesting matters connected with
Deer creek aud the Platte country is the L.
gend of an old Indian chief aud his daughter.
Blazing Star, war chief Of the Arapahoes.
had attained the greatest idhuenee among
his tribe. Stern and implaeable in battle,
earnest and invincible in council, he cared
little for women, and was accustomed TO re-
gard all squaws as very inferior creatures.
The Colorado pioneers had reached the coun-
try, and the great chief felt very jealous Of
their approach. But doubt and uncertainty
prevailed among the tribe, and Blazing Star
believed they were about to yield to the
white man.
Noted for his boidness aud unheard-of in
terpidity, the war chief resolved 10 reconcile
the opposing factions by grand coup d'etat.
Calling all chiefs ana warriors TO assemble
on a certain day, he suddenly appeared be-
fore them on the topmOst point Of a crag,
which rises above the most romantic and
beautiful part Of the canyon, a spot known
as Glen Plym, where, through groves OF cot
tonnwood, Deer creek, clear as CRYSTAL
dashes along with sound that is wonder
fully musical. How he got up TO that height
no one knows, but 1t was to be tried again
soon after, as the story will show. Assum-
ing that the Great Mauitou inspired him to
stand these, the warrior addressed those in
the glen below him. urging them TO relent-
less war against the pale-face. His cries for
the white mans blood we're heard and an-
swered, aud many spears flashed in the sun
light at his appeals. But an old chief re-
turned from the pow-wow sad aud disheart
ened.
Laughing Eyes, the, chiefs daughter, was
so beloved by Wagullatas II she had been his
own child. He knew that one Of the pale
faces, young scout. who. a mere boy, had
come west in the days of Kit Carson, loved
and was beloved by the Indian maiden. He
knew that Blazing Star had contracted .
special hatred for the young scout Hence
he resolved TO warn the young girl, His
warning came none too soon, but when the
maiden started for the settlement TO warn
heg lover she was beset by highwayman, and
after thousand perils escaped 70 find tie
settlement burned and her lover a prisoner
in the hands OF her fail er. She soon knew
the worst. On the crag above Glen Plym
was the body OF her lover, who had been laid
there 20 die OF starvation and exposure
She attempted 70 scale the periious rock, but
slipped and fell into the canyon beneath, a
corpse. The father, finding his daughter
dead, and arriving in the same way at the
cause, succeeded by the means be knew IN
reaching the top of the erag. But his aid
came too late-the young scout had breathed
his last
Since that time It is said that in the dea
OF night cries are heard as OF the old India
chief bewailing the loss Of his daughter, an
other and feebler cries as of an India
maiden weeping for her lover. So run
this legend, hardly old enough to be Gale
so, for the old pioneers are so near the Colo
radoan Of to-day that it Is not at all unlikel
that the legend had some foundation in In
love OF 4 young man named Walters for an
Indian chiefs daughter.-DaIUer NelrS.