Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-04-25

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many moro w.ro,APTER VII.
or,,,;s, ;,,;vvn1 Sioux council it had been
So .,,:.s:... .;sh from their hunting
1."M. - 'n'' ~. wy ~ .y1ite man who had not
"l .ae "'s"s,e'' sawith them, and in this
Aost OF the re smeant death. The forts
when Second 'r-.r Missouri, the fur sta
the alarm. '3ne British frontier and the
ed all the ,ui prospectors searching for
crew brousaI mountains were to be swept
Amid the stence. - i.l33G- ri. ....s
the kneh< as no time for courtesy or for
40 " the stockade. Gen. Greyson,
Add newcomers and few of the
the IN, held hurried council.
fem see but one thing to do" said
4, l.,ireyson. speaking with the calm
nat had ever distinguished him on
" Battlefield, "and that is to tire the
as Indians and their allies out" ~
life " remaining here, on the defensive?Y
pres ID Col. Leroy. M ar.;spsc.
The M Yes;i it would be folly to so out and
ao,ta,H,k them, or to attempt a retreat to
choking s,,,earest fort, Gen. Greyson." said
terror. CHI. l-.,.r'..-. iagoducips ! parchment
that they bsnolaah MT. hundred miles
manned and evSs Rnt flies, and if II had
furnace @ Of % flames. ST.. to4 o4e T gone. @ on the the
as they ne never rowed BEGGING to say that
roic work, rk,''otdft otdf rescue fight"
' hosts S~ w,re m se,,, ] -! -nighs!' interrupted
.' VI 80 So ~. 9.Ssxesnent. \
'ppitee work OF r 1 can DO tnsat.@,-ittaout
i .nZ$g: my danger; and j can go, to
F6aaldwell and bring troops to your
rescue ~ - h. 'e4sa {. !!
N goSd pian," said Col Leroy: 'but
It is my belief that general war has
beer beg,}n, and that the handful Of
troops in THE petty forts scattered over
these wildA will be henceforth, or until
strong re-eAforcements come, in a state
of siege. If fAdeed the Sioux do not wipe
them ont with torch and knife. Yet IL
we could lst all the. white men in these
hills together am sure that we could
successfully resist the combined forces
of the Sioux"
II was going to suggest" said Ber-
tram, who had been listening modestly
near by, that If we could get the wom-
EN- and children to our valley they would
be shfe. The caves are jnpresnable, and
with our stock and ,tase game we could
Sioux ifetbfsko0ere ten times as strong.n
While $erlfam was speaking Jennie
Grcyson watchSA his face, and she was
thinking of sthe, Mondrous beauty of the
Su,ianS rather than of the heroic proposal
>,,:,s.t,,,s making for her own safety.
.',',:..,. Whitman had never been known
.s'a'',snA % much, though even now he
III shofl T.. superHuous word. He urg-
grations WI the troops were besieged he
years was ihodics Of hunters and miners
troubles of ',lld unite and bring to Belle
alarms from illogical and reasonable were
were turned in lions that even Col. Leroy
ter fighting the !lan. This decision reach-
Magce was prostYo work again to strength. Er,
-, -. - "a, and the women and
was rescued from ne.i a'e. H,.,.., ,,,..
nee ana was ""c attentive listener at the
hours. de Whitman to one side.
heath of i'rsor in her musical mus voice,
Frank II. ST. III 49,.
novelist, died Iully' made up your mind
A.. Z, Miss Fleming he replied
N'', s''Is' as much agitated as his ques-
o. the orashen do you propose to start ?Y
Mr.. StocS,ht." n'' s's'' 'sA'''
bifth' III e,rseback?" 5,iieli f''s rt''
dranghtsmt foot; lean mike the stance
occupatio,!,yer the mountains. aud then. as
ago, hovb creep through the Indian lines.
newspala would be n. fatal encumbrance.' -
literatm The danger-the, awful danger!'
writer ged. .tsifs7,t.t a,yi ~
ere is no place safe in these noun
he answered. "And Jas to. the
Tho Fl, Miss Fleming. am used to
onnst..it, il you should be slain in this dar-
..aa,. :. ,.siertaking--,nade for our sakes?".
~, s,"cA y. il will be only Guide Whitman
Inc c"'"rs "fome will be made wretched
gregatine .stt.' 0s.''';I -
is hoped top. speak so," she said. with a
months. ,c ciisob. "There is not a heart in
least 300 ement that would not grieye
~ calamity befall you. Speak
Myself, know speak for ALL
U. >. Asoless you. Miss Fleming said
Emerson hitman, in husky voice. "Your
OH ran AXE me stronger"
sumption sdolatrous reverence he pressed
while disc fingers to his lips, and again
Kinbali of indescribable beauty illum-
Wells nc. SCARED, powder-marked face. s
orh;s foed hofsemen were dashfng back
=. coming pearer and nsasaR. and
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