Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-20

ward, he left the post and wandered to-
ward the nearest Indian village. He had
got to thinking of home and was trifle
blue. Deep in thought, he went farther
than he intended, and the first thing he
knew he was in village, in deep ravinc
near the river.
"There was no sign of life except an
occasional cloud of smoke that came
from one of the tepees, or conical tent,
in which the Indians lived. He turned
to go back, when he heard footsteps on
the hard snow. Turning, Franklin saw
an Indian girl. She gave him a quiet
signal to go on. He went. When some
distance from the village and the ridge
was between it and him, he stopped and
waited for the girl. He recognized her
as Mo-ne-tah whom he had seen at the
mission school, five miles from the post.
This school was supported by church
people in the East, and was attended by
haa hundred Indian children.
None tab told Franklin that 500
fighting men of her nation had plotted to
attack the post that night. They were
angry with the Indian agent because,
they declared, he was cheating them.
They intended to set fire to the different
thought would be in such condition on
account OF the festivities of the evening
that they would be comparatively harm
less. In the confusion they would loot
the agency building, then filed with
thousands of dollars worth of food,
blankets, clothing, wagons, etc, and get
away. The uprising, Mo tab said, had
been plotted by White Dog, the biggest
chief, a great organizer and, by the way,
a man possessed of great strategic abil-
ity. Black Bear and Young Man Always
Hungry were with him. The girl said
her heart had been touched by the kind
ness of the white people at the mission,
and she could not rest quietly while such
plots were made against her friends.
Sergeant Franklin told her to hasten
back to the village before her absence
was noticed, and he walked quickly to
the post.
when his story was told Capt Hay
indicated to the men briefly what was ex-
pected, issued ammunition and doubled
the guards. The afternoon wore away
and no Indians appeared. After night
fall the captain put the men in the
trenches. In their eyes he was then vim
Dictated for working them so hard in the
hot days of the summer. How cold it
was that night! The air was clear and
every star in the sky stood out with a
briliancy unknown to people here in the
East. The hours passed. Still no In
dams, Capt, Hay had begun to think
that the girl was mistaken, when body
of men was seen to approach. They
came up in good form, as quietly as cats.
The little band of soldiers was all ex-
element. The Indians outnumbered
them several times, but no one was
afraid. The preparatory commands were
passed in whisper and when the In.
dams We're less than hundred yards
away the captain shouted Fire.'
"The trench famed along its whole
length. The men who, from their low
position. could see the enemy outlined
against the sky, had aimed with preci-
sion, and yells of agony followed the
cracking of the rifles. So completely
bv surprise were the Indians taken that
tlev fled for miles before a stop was
made.
"Their dead and wounded, among the
latter White Dog, We're left where they
fell. Did not everybody in the post enjoy
his Christmas dinner that day? / guess
he did! Old Capt. Hay had few cases
of choice wine, and he was so happy that
he divided it among the men. said that
they and we had chicken. We also had
some of the finest venison | ever saw,
A quantity of it was sent to the of.
feers' mess, and this we shared with tie
men. as we did also the frozen oysters
and one or two ether good things that
had come our way. The men, save
Franklin. never knew how we got the
warning. and for Mo-ne-tah's sake the
story was never told until now. But the
officers drank TO her several times that
day, New York Mail and Express.
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