Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-07

/ and again rpulsed. Kept Il up for two
days. On tho second day a favoriie body
/ Of household troops q the king. called tho
/ immoftals. because their ranks o. 1000
/ wrrr always maintained 10 the maximum.
/ weru sent ln under the pvroual direction
81 Nerves They, 700. were cut % pleres
aud driven laok by tho On, ks. who cun.
siantly supplied fresh nen 10 deieni the
narrow pass
On the second night elfissn o. the ~.
Fion occupied by the pcfsians revealed 10
AsfNc. the secrrt mountain path, and a
detachment Of soldier cfossel over aud nt
daytrrAk attacked the phOciAn guard with
shower Of afrlWa The guard. more
scrrvl by the surprising attack than
harmed by the missiles, icl down tie
mountain, and tho pcnians pushed on 10
The war of Lsonidas Warning ruasho,l
the defenders oi th, pas through scouts.
and opinion was divided whether 10 stay
and Eight Il out or retreat The gpartans
were lrm, their king holding that BIZ own
honor and that VI Sparta wa At stake, and
that the pas they had been saut 10 defend
must not L. yieldgi 10 an enemy, The
warrlou o. two tribcs. 200 Thsspians nLd
200 Thcbana, volunteered 10 runiAln, aud
the uthera rctlrd
ieonldas told hls men 70 take some nour.
ishment promising them that they should
tup with Pluto that night. and then
marched them outside the pass 20 as.all
the advance guard o. tho pcrslnns 20
furious wu the onslaught that many u
AerSc soldiers threw themselves into the
sea 70 escape the deadly 0rclan spears.
and the Persian oaccrs rcsoricd 10 tho
lash 10 keep the sol1lers up 10 the rark
IN tho heat Of tho hand 20 hand atfurpie
iconidas wa, killed. anil desperate c,m.
hat was wagrd around hla body, until
tnally the remnant Of hls band drpw ID
back alona the pas tchind a eros wall
that oifpctuhlly blocked up tho way, and
thcie calmly awaited tho oud. The pr..
alan dstaChmsnt on tho mountain s.dn
quickly closrl Ia on tho rear aud cot on
all means % escape. Then tho work OF
slaughter began. The Gfucka fought 10
the last like Wild beasts AZ bay, aud when
their spears, swords and dAgg,ra werp Loaf
or broken, struggled with natures wuap.
ons 10 long a. the powyr remained.
The Greek dead Il placed By tho Iii.
torlAnH of the time ~ 400, aud this mum.
hrr include. tho slaves attending tie war.
TloTa Ia the last struggle 40 perl.hsI.
taN' Wv - NfA' ff'H NNAaN ANNh AnlA lIlNN
during tho previous days OF oour.a soine
WEN Killed Tho roralAn los IL estimated
At iO,op, a number fairly proportional 10
the circumstances, where Que Oreek wa.
fnlly equal 10 ten u tho a.Ailanis when n
came 20 olurs quarter.
I'm the day 81 the last struggle AZ Their.
inopllaa Tie urcciln heci rttUatsl before
tho Pcrslan, aud II required another cam.
palgn 10 arrest tle CAREER u tho mighty
Invader ThA wa eieciually done during
the Year a. The naval battle Of sAlainls, Oh
the shores u AtiicA
The defense q the pas proved a useless
,aeHhce, though possibly the result would
have hrsu Different had the entire Grrek
force. h-,n % hand 10 cover tho Their
mopylm gates and tho mountain path a
well Bot people who w0fshiped martial
'Alof douhilrn found SONS compensation
"a ls.ns able IN hand down 70 later genera.
ions the wonderful story Of tho spArtAns,
whose deeds they onmmemorated on tho
POT BY this lescud, stranger. tall 10 the
.sesd'rm0nians that We lie here IN obsdi.
nee " thslr onlrrsn
GEoRdE L. KILAEiL