Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-14
CHAPTER XVII.


Greyson and his son, a young man Of
one-and-twenty, had parted in anger, the
one to take one side and the other an
other, in the terrible conflict that was
then upon the country. But each in his
heart loved the other-even more than
ever when they were opposed.
The general had long mourned his son
as dead, and had given burial to body
supposed to be his. The wounds inflicted
by Richmond and the powder marks had
so disfgured Ledbetter Greyson that no
one who had known him before could
recognize him now.
He believed that his father was still
angered, and that it would be worse than
| useless for him to return after the war
to claim the hand Of the woman he loved.
So it was that he started, under an as
sumed name, for the wilds of the far
West, where ne soon became distinguish
ed as a guide, and where he met his
| fathers party under the circumstances
| before narrated.
Often and often he yearned to throw
his arms about his brave fathers neck
and to cry out, 81 am your son-your son
| Ledbetter!'' but fear and pride prevent
ed.
| Red Cloud set apart lodges for the peo-
pie and ordered that the best the camp
afforded should be given them to eat. On
| the morrow it was found that all Rich
mond's men had deserted during the
night, and so the Indians wrapped the
outlaws body in a blanket and buried
him at the foot Of the cliff near to where
he died.
The return Of the people to Col. Leroy's
valley was like glad procession. With
I the consent of the chief, Mon-nah and
st. Armand went off with the immigrants
| to remain with them, beloved and re-
spected forever.
When they were entering the valley,
where the soldiers were encamped, the
women and children, with Tony, all came
rushing out, and there is no describing
the greetings that followed. It was no.
ticed, even by those who were engaged
in saluting very heartily on their own
account, that Mike Costello and Ned
chung to the sisters Nancy and Mary
Muir as il they were afraid they might
fly away from them.
Aud old Mr.. Costello actually stood by
and clapped his hands, and seemed quite
frantic with delight whenever the young
men got in an extra kiss.
That night two oxen and a half dozen
sheep were killed, and great fires blazed
In the sacred valley. The soldiers joined
in the festivities, the pleasure of which
was only dampened by the certain knowl-
edge that they must renew their danger
Gus march on the morrow,
Since the date Of the stirring incidents
L j. IL, i
Bull have figured more conspicuously in
the annals Of the country than in these
pages. Yet they never once came near
Bellevue.
Red Cloud kept his promise, and the
result was that 'the Greyson settlement"
as it was sometimes called, became a
place of refuge for those whom the In
dams or hunger had driven from other
homes.
Prosperity came to the place to stay.
There is now a considerable village there,
AMI the valley for miles up and down is
covered with farms, and there are three
churches, and more than that number of
school houses; for, as Mr.. Costello says,
st is a most remarkable country for
children. 1t beats Ireland all to moth
ing, and that's saying great deal"
There are many profitable mines IN the
hills, noticeably those worked by Ledbet-
ter Greyson and Bertram Leroy.
St. Armand and Mon-nah have been
married so long that their oldest daugh-
ter is now actually in long dresses, and
most beautiful and accomplished young
person she is. Her voice is thought to be
something phenomenal out in that coun-
try, where the opera has not yet made its
appearance. Strange as it may seem, st.
Armand has settled down, and is now
one Of the most sedate, paternal and pros
porous members of that fourishing COM
munity.
Mon-nah in Halpah. who is still with
Col. Leroy, found her lost brother. With
her rare intelligence and fine tact she
soon fell into the ways of the whites, and
so thirsty was she for knowledge that