Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-09-05
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G. S. Cnmmins. the . Pilgrim Bard
was read by S. l.. Overstreet.
THE PIONEERS GRAVE.
Where the lone ripping river was flowing,
And the bright moonbeams shone DER its
wave.
Where the midsummer breezes were
blowing.
Through the rustling leaves of the cotton
wood trees,
They made the old hunter a grave.
The warbler had flown to his bower,
And the sun had gone down in the west,
Bright dew drops had moistened the flower.
And stars one 10y one from the armament
shone,
While they laid the old hunter 10 rest.
The sentries were warily pacing,
Each moment expecting the foe,
While comrades the sods we're replacing,
Over brave Mosley's breast-as they laid him
to rest,
While the winds sang requiem low.
The Usage had come without warning,
They came W it'll wild savage yell,
AT the first dawn of day in the morning,
Sternly that little band met the foe hand to
hand;
But their leader. the brave Mosley fell.
Years have passed, yet the stream fioweth
ever,
Inch by inch has the bank worn away,
And the pioneers grave by the river
No longer is knewn, every vestige is gone,
Meath the quicksand his bones must decay.
Roll on. restless stream. to the ocean.
Thy sands have treasure TO keep,
Cnard the slapnar with eacrad davOtinn
Though unknown his grave meath the
Medicine wave,
In peace let the brave Mosley sleep.
A "REMINISCENCES.
The following by the Pilgrim Bard
was read by s. l.. Overstreet:
Captain Mosley was supposed to be
the first settler in Barber county He
was killed by the Indians near the town
site of Old kiowa. Capt. Mosley was
one of those free-hearted, Open-handed
pioneers who belong in the vanguard
of civilization. 1t is said that the In
dams who murdered him had often been
the recipients of his hospitality.
The incident is strikingly illustrated
numb and seemingly lifeless serpent.
Gathering it up he put it into his bosom;
but no sooner had the heat from his
body aroused the serpent from its leth-
argy than it began to strike its bene-
factor with its deadly fangs.
know that among the philanthropists
of the east who have never seen a real
Indian, the supposition is that they are
perfect ideals of nobility. Yet, to me,
who has skulked for days to evade the
blood-thirsty devils, one who has looked
upon the mutIlated bodies of their life
less victims, one who has witnessed
their pow-wows, dog feasts and solemn
incant2tiOns. to such a one there is but
one conclusion at which to arise, name
ly: if there is such a thing as a noble
Red Man, he has been dead so long that
the scent from his worthless carcass no
longer attracts the swoopmg vulture or
the sneaking coyote.
VIM. Garrison, of Sharon, then made
an interesting talk OH his early expert
ences in this county. the class of people
he met and other matter decidedly in
teresting.
1t was resolved that the time and
place for the next meeting of the asso-
citation should be fixed by the officers of
the association.
The crowd then dispersed and the
third annual picnic was voted sue
cess.
In the evening grand ball was given
at Thompson's opera house and this
was attended by large crowd of dan
GERS and spectators.