Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-11
SLAIN MANS LEE.

.T7ls "a the Slain Mans Lee, ~
ANY friend, casting himself down
1a 4 grassy hiilock which reared
In IN the center of tho little plain
, ch!ch we stood.
aVbepf0rc 80 strange Manner /
pqiird
aBneath this grassy covering rest
Il, lone, Of hundreds Of brave men,
mis- then, has been tho scene of
,-, httlo in tine oldcn t.mef"
: has. / brought you from Sci.
p,n purpose to show it TO YOU"
,-rcred my friend, Harry ogilvio,
"A tel you n story about II, II you
lie
Instantly appraised my friend Of tho
,-,t6ca.ion It would afford me TO lis.
,anhim, and took a sent beside him
IN d. 'slain Mans Lee" II was not
,tbat q shuddor. however, that
r,sd my franc upon tho sod that
ourd tho remains Of those who
il ouco been living aud breathing
lke myself.
on this littlcplain, which is called
Elphaugh, on the 18th Of Soptem.
n. in the year l6i7, IL my memory
sres mo Alright" began Ogilvic,
lie Marquis of Moutroso received
4. tint defeat In the war he had un-
ltaken for the king. Hcrc his vic.
,rous career received n terrible aud
.nost hrcmodiablo check. Thcro
rtiu several causes which led to this
iigat
Tho marquis cncamped here lato
I night with only half his usual
ace. Tho men OK Atholo had To-
lmed To their native hills. Two of
q buycst officers woro absent
Aalter McColl was waging an old
lad amid the rocks and glens Of
gagrry, and Lord George Gordon
ili been slain at Afford. On this
ht the marquis, who had never
,,lccted it before, in;rusted tho
IlcIng Of the picket guard 90 other
lnds. II seemed as If fate had a.
tmincd to inilict a defeat upon the
GNat Marquis
"lplato this story in the words Of
ny ancestor, Lord Lionel Opilvic.
who was ono OF Montrosoa officers
az tho time, and whose wonderful
preservation from death will. l think,
interest you.
'Thy were sitting in their tent,
N1s.roo and his captains, wearicd
lyslong ride, loisurcly slipping thor
vine and never dreaming OF tho
cge proximity Of the enemy, when
il,y were suddenly charged upon
BY three squadrons Of the lowlands
tIo0fs
"lherout was instant and decisive.
B-aet on every side the RoyHlisB
gave way and fed in disorder Upon
this spot did Montrosc succeed in
mllying portion Of his army. and
tec the fight became desperate and
deadly, and the slain of either sido
Jay 50 thickly together after the bat
lie that 1t was found impossible to
inter each soldier separately, so II
deep pit was dug, friend and foo
were cast into It Unfortunately
md the turf lightly heapcd above
t.eir mortal remains. From that
TINE this spot has been called the
SAN Mans Lee
But ! have something more on.
'ertaining TO tell you than these fu.
cereal details.
'Montroso succeeded in eiIccting
as escape with most Of his officers
tAd cavalry, retreating step by step,
Tut maintaining determined front
y tho foe, and repeatedly charging
iAem with great skill and valor 1t
vas IN ono Of these desperate charges
mat the Lord Ogilyie, who was but
STRIPPING at tho time, was taken
PRISONER.
'howas conveyed in close custody
70 selkirk. Tho Covcnantois oxcr.
elsed the most unrelenting iigor
against all Roy0lists who were so I'M
Fortunate as to fall into their hands.
sentence of death was instantly pro.
bounced against Lord Ogilvie, and
he day OF execution was fixed at an
early date.
Ills mother, tho Countess Airlie,
ana Lady Flora Leithintie. his sister,
fastened to Sclllirk to unite their
applications in mitigation of his
uoom Tears, prayers, the offer of
l'lncely brides for his escape, were
useless-tho judges were inexorable.
Tho fatal day drew rapidly near,
ana the night preceding that morn
ING which was TO be Lord Ogilvie's
llst upon earth his mother and sister
visited him In his dungeon to bid
nun last farewell.
y will not linger over the agony
OF that meeting. For awhile they
folded each other in a sad embrace,
hllhgllng their tears together.
Must you die, my brotherf eX
.el1lmed Flora with chobed utter
""Je' 30 young--so brave-thls
carry to becut oif-oh. it is dreadfull
loSpectod death, answered Ogil
VIC with sad composure. i took tht
common chance OF all when en-.
gagged in this strife, and what mat
'er' It II ! meet death by tho AK in
h'ead Of the swor1g
- The AK is for felons said the
countess Of Airlio with Rsperily
you are noblo--an Ogilvie; at least
lley mlght liAYe lrrnnted Won "A hnl