The Progress., 1892-03-05
BntVE Many Lee
rive Days She Eept Hostile Indians -
Hsy sud Then Killed HerspIG

rive Days She Vept Hostile Iudiau- -
P,v sud Theu Killed Herself
On the great plains " Kansas. seventy
miles due north Of Sheridan. there is "A
lonely grave on thecrest Of p sterile mound
II may hn that mo- one could fnd the =r1f
today. for the storms Of summer and win
ter wash great rayiuns In the earth and
level even the billtous after time But !
saw the grave twenty years ago
This is The story: There were five or eli,
families of emigrautS iuurueyiug across
the lonely plains, vheu they were beset Ivy
hostile Indians Mary Lee was prl only
eighteen veprs old, and had been brought
MP on tie Iowa line The family consisted
OF father. mother. rVVo sisters and y brother
The pttnCk w1s mpdp vrry suddenly. aud
Mary. who was ridiug her own horse wac
tut oT from the Lpud When she reni7rd
this she turned and rode away aud wa-
pursued hy seven Indians This was NJ
about . O'Clock i'm the morning Her horse
caui'd her thittysiN miles before he he
came exhausted. aud when he fell abe
made hcr WAY 10 the crest pf the mound
end there eruuped out a shallow rifle pit
piled stones up around IL and prepared 20
die fighting
The Indians were three miles behind her
when her horse gave out She had light,
Winchester iillr, which was fully loaded
hut 40 extra cartridges. Her first shut
Killed an Iudiau and her second crippled
euuthor for life The other Eve dared not
ghorpe her position. On the second day
she killed another Indian. and the other
four posted themselves in positions auG
waited for hunger aud thirst 80 cnuuup,
b,t q L.. 4,
twenty of their hond. but the girl was not
attacked. Ou this dav an Indian. who
was creeping up 10 spy upon her. was shot
through the right lung, md the others con
tented themselves Iy q dropping fire nj
loug range 80 horass her.
On the fourth day not y shot was fred
The weather was terribly hot, and the sun
Clared down on that mound until the grps-
withpred an0 shIiveled and secured about
10 flame M. On the Gnh day, au hour
after noon. the girl shot herself through
the head, aud was dead before nuy ou,
reached her Hftervard talked with one
at the warriors who was there. aud he told
me that she had been almost ronstod alive
hy that fierce sun She had neither food
nor dunk. and WIS little better thnn y
ukele-np The Indians simply stood ohuut
Hnd io"krd down upon her. She had y
wealth 81 golden hair, but they did not
scalp her Sne had rings ON her fingers
but they left them there. They did not
even take her rife nor the saddle from her
dead hursP
"Whits sQuaw heap brave-Gght bard
no scalpl'
This ~as her oulogy. Two or three year~
later hey scattered bones were collected
mud buried 10y surveying party. and TO
day her dust mingles with the sterile soil
fifty miles from the ncnrest dwelling OF
one OF her race. Bronzed and bearded In
dian fighters. reckless aud desperate COW
boys. stern faced aud taciturn pioneers
have Whispered the name Of Mary Lee
around the evening camp fire thousand
times since her death, but ever and always
with gentle tongue and a swelling Of the
heart. She was not only woman, but she
died game. M. Quad i'm New York World