Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-06


erect. and silver Dove threw ner arms
around Toms neck.
"wall, III b. dafned. fcliers. That's
rum act. right here In front Of the bar.
racks, too. But what the DEVILS upl"
Tom listened to Silver Dove moment,
then dashed across IN the commanding
officers house On gallop. Hafki bugle
caili' The general alarm IL sounding No
time 10 surmise further. Each soldier
grabs bis nile with belt Of ammunition
aud falls M. Several Calling guns aud
mountain howitzcrl arc brought aud
planted AZ the most prominent points, The
commanding officer has just time to sling
outs
"Boys, We are surrounded on all sides,
and the I.ori only knows how many red
devils there are. but don't waste JOUR ann
muultionW
Then n blood curdling, piercing yell
that Iahal never forget rings out ON the
stlll night mir; then from out Of tho sur.
rounding dafknCas boU dusky forms are
disccfnlhu dashing toward the garrison.
but We were prepared for the onslaught.
when the rci imps u liadrs arrived NJ FIGHT.
Ing distance lhborlng under the dolusion
that They had taken va hy surprise. We
turned tho table,, and delivered such a
calling ire from rifles, howitzcr and Cat
ling guns that they iell hack in dlsmay-
fought Va hand 20 hand an Instant, then
r,trcai.zl IA disorder back to the forest, tho
most surprised redskins you cvur saw.
After partial recovery from the fret
thock u the melee, aud we had time TO r..
gain our wits oncc more, a glad shout rang
out over the pol. "ilurrah for Silver
Duycl She has swci ~ from a mnst hor.
rihle fate" Hat whorg u the grill Have
the rcd ilcnda rcycugcd themselves BY All.
lug herr
An anxious search brgina Naturally
every step was directed toward Lieutenant
Toms quartcrs, and theru W. nnd her. tho
dead body u the Indian maiden lying
prone on the porch. tho ivory hill Of
hunting knife pfotruding from her left
breast. aud tho body 81 poor Tom, shot
through tho shunldor. thrown aefuss her,
seemingly gasping In the lat throcs n lie.
We raised them both tenderly. then Dor.
fowfnlly entered the quarters. Silver
Dove, for love 81 the younyator. had
warned ua Ia time, then. - traitor 20 her
people, and knowing that they would hunt
her tlll the end " timo Ia order 10 h. ~.
Vcngcd. had gone back, probably to gct q
last look ID her boy lover aud thcr1 nt his
threshold had deliberately taken her own
life Poor Tom had been shot early Ia tho
tkirmlsh, and crawling up 90 tho porch
found tho dead body u tho Indian gifl,
then throwing himself across her bcgamc
unconscious
The Indians bad laid their plans we'll
Having drawn the greater portion Of tho
command 10 the north, thoy would then
attack az, and aftor a general massacre
lihcrate the chiefs who were IN confinement.
then the combined triboa would wage war
against all whites In the territory.
was sergeant OF the guard at the tlme
Of the skirmish. Just previous 10 tho At.
tack the head chief was cut taking an air.
ing under the cya of sentinel. lie looked
wicked, 30 l warned tho sentry 10 beware.
Presently hcaFd a pistol shot, and run.
ming out found that tho alert and Vigllant
sentry had ruu tfowcl hayonot clean
through the old chief. By some unknown
means the Indian had obtained the pistol,
aud biz shooting tho sentinel was tu 10 tho
signal Tor attack, but the poor msfksman.
ship displayed resulted In his own death,
aud the sentry received only q flirht iio.i
wound. Amer this 1ght aud the death u
their most noted chief the indians never
troubled M again.
The next day We buried tho sixty Indians
killed IN the hight all In one hole near tho
/ outakirts OF the reservation. Then all the
! boys pitched Ia aud built high mound In
tho center Of the parade. Ia u were In.
! TERED with military honon. tho remains Of
/ twelve brave soldier boys killri Ia tho
] fkIrmish aud ~ tho summit We laid poor
I Silver Dove Gently W. lowered her b.,
meath tho sod. and a. Tie buglo SOUNDED
tap" not az dry oyo was visible among all
thosc hundred scarr'd veterans. Lieutenant
Tom uncovered later on. wiser anI much
taddrr individual
1 have ceased 10 be an Indian lighter.
| Fifteen years after had occasion % visit
this sitno locality. now grown 10 b. one ~
Z tho largest posts on the frontier Tho
mound was stll thcrr, however, covered
with Z yorlant groenswarl. aud fron IT,
I summit lowered spur white marble shaft,
I erected by thoss who were saved from such
3 u horrible doom. Ascending 20 the top,
/ bowed ia reverence before H. Part way IN
/ the side was carved a dove with puiona
Z spread, clrclci above Il the inscription,
l "liehold, bring you glad tidingspi anil
boneatl IL, "Silycr Dove" Tia q legacy
I left for Uncle Sans boys 10 guard, and
[ they Will guard II wcll.--sergennt q. Rus.
cell Downs, U. :. A., Ia Detroit News.