Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-04-11
A LONG ISLAND LEGEND.


row strip OF iand which separates til,
waters OF Oyster pond from the wa
tiers OF Gardeners bay In what is now
the Village of Maei5h, on a dark anJ
stormy night In the carly colonial
eime sat an old man and a young girl
White settlements then on Long
Aslsnu were few and far between.
Abe largest of them all was situated
at the mouth OF Sterling creek, now
known as Gruenport. A few settlers
had pushed out from the parenttcwn
Howacd Tho end of the island, and
there was some half-dczen cabins be-
twoea Grcenport and Orient Point.
Tho Montauk tribe, whose chieftain
was tall and muscular savage, known
as Wyandank, and the Shinnecocks
warriors were not on the best of terms
with the whites, and therefore the
settlers feared to 60 singsy into the
sandy wilderness,
But the old iiaaA who had built tho
lonely hut by the pebbly beach n
Marion harbor was an exception to
the geperal rule.
Though white In color, yet at heart
ne was as savage as any red brave on
Tho island,
An outlaw from the white settle
sre4ts. the red warriors of the forest
We're far more like his brothers than
..,e stern colonists who painted to pun
ish him for his evil deeds.
William Stone the outlaw called
himself, but in the CONNECTICUT wa
tiers, when he had sailed with the ia
NOUS pirate, Robert Kyd, his ce.A-
rades had called him Spanish Will,
and under that title she men of law
sought for him.
After Kyd's capture by the English
frigate, Spanish Will, who had
escaped both the slaughter and the
execution dock, sought refuge in the
Wilderness se the end of Long Island.
= Boldly presenting himself to the
Indiana, he had claimed to be a foe to
she whites and craved their protection.
With him the outlaw carried little
girl. mild and handsome child.
The girl grew to womanhood free
and unrestrained.
The outlaw min gled but little with
the settlers at Greenport, for he pre-
ferrcd the society of the dusky red
men.
And che willy chieftain great Wyand-
ank, bead of the Montauk tribe, saw,
too that the mild young girl was fair
We look upon and he proposed to the
outlaw rich lands in exchange for her.
But Mary Stone, as the girl was
called, looked askance when the dusky
chieftain came a-wooing. Not to her
mind was the wigwams of the savage
or the person of the dusky brave.
Then, too. another love was in the
heart of the forest child.
Along the sandy path that led
from the scattered settlement of
Marion to the parent town of Green
port she had met with one of the young
men of the colony who had seemed to
her free young mind to. be beyond the
common race of mortals. s,ss
Richard Flanders he was called, son
to one of the leading men of the set
tlcment.
The outlaw, as keen woodman as
the best of the Montauks, soon discov-
cred the secret meetings of the lovers
in the forest. -
He chuckled at the discovery, for it.
suited well with his plans. He knew
that Richard Flanders was betrothed
to the daughter of one of the leading
men at Greenport. and he soon made
known to the father of the girl the
course of action that the young man
was pursuing.
Flanders, when charged with his
deceit, swore that it was not so, and
said that he had simply encountered
the forest maid upon his hunting ex-
cursions, and knew but little of her.
BY this willy movement the outlaw
broke up the intimacy existing be-
tween the two and filled the heart of
the girl with fierce rage against all
the white settlers.
Old Stone wished the girl to become
the wife of the Montauk chief, for he
hungered after the rich lands that the
Indian had promised unto him.
And on the night when father and
daughter sat within the old cabin, one \
little month had gone by since the
girl had seen her false lover.
The logs burned fitfully in the open
fireplace, and their flames cast dull 1
and uncertain light over the room.
The old man had just returned from
the settlement. The daughter, sullen
and distracted, did not seem to notice
his appearance.
Stone seated himself by the fire and
rubbed his hands together softly.
There's brave .doings afoot in the
town yonder." he said, with covert
glance at the girls dark face. young
Richard Flanders is to be married in
a week.
The girl sprang to her feet, passion
flaming in her face.
.The traitorp she cried. II could
find It in my heart to kill him with my
own hand.
There is better way than that"
the outlaw said. ssThis chieftain,
Wyandank. is mado for thee. my girl. |
He will give many an acre Of rich
land If you will consent to be his |
sq,law, and, if you ask 1T. he will take |
vengeance upon this false hound for
thee"
The girl pondered oyer the matter
for q moment or two.
II would rather die than live in the
wigwani of Wyandank, = she replied, |
slowly.
- The DID man drew closer to the girl.
Listen, Mary, to my plan.n he said.
I'VE may gain both lands and ven |