The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1907-11-14
AN INDIAN GIRL.
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~ EVELYN R0BERTs, 'OS.

1t was one beautiful SpilhB
morning in the early part Of June,
not long after the settlement of the
pioneers in Utah. Salt Lake Val
ley was one vast expanse of wav
ing grass which reach ed almost as
far as the eye could see. In the
far distance, looking like a silver
streak against the western horizon,
was Great Salt Lake
Three men stood upon noun.
tain side gazing upon this beauti
ful scene, and thought of the words
of Irving, "What a good thing it
is to bc alive; what a busy, bril-
liant, bounteOuS world it is. -
The men referred to were, Mr..
Little, the Mayor of Salt Lake
City, Il short, feshy, jolly little
man of about forty five, and his
two hired men. Their business in
the mountains that moraiug was to
look for some cattle which the
mayor had lost the night before.
The three chatted gaily as they
rode up the mountain side, but un-
der this apparent happiness, there
was "A depression caused by some.
thing-something not one of them
could understand. All mt once
one of the men stopped "stoek"
still, as if turned to stone, his eyes
fixed upon the hilltop. The other
men not noticing this, rode on.
ward; but it was only a few min,
utes before they missed George, as
the man was called, and turned to
see what had become of him.
The mayor noticing his fixed
posture and the whiteness of his
face, called out:
"Hello George, seen a ghOstr"
Without speaking, the man
pointed toward the hilltop.
The expression of mirth on the
mayors face turned to cOnsterna
ton as he glanced toward the place
indicated, aud well it might, fol-
coming straight toward them wer,
three Indians on horseback-and
what-ene, two, three more ap
peared on the hilltop coming in
the same direction.
What could be donel 1t was
too late to turn back, for the In.
dams were upon them, and besides
their horses were not so fleet as
those of the Indians, so that il
they should attempt such a thing,
they would only be oyertaken,
Nothing remained for them to dc
but wait, and trust in Providence
for protection.
The stiffness with which the
men awaited their fate, and which
seemed worse than death, was only
broken by the earnest, stead
tones of Mr.. Little, prepare t
fight, boys, for we must not Civ,
up without struggle"
The men loaded their reyolver
and muskets; then silence agar
fell upon the trio.
AS the Indians came nearer, tn,
men could see 'by the scalps tina
hung from their belts, and 10y tn,
two Indian children strapped t.
two of their horses, that they haC
been fighting another tribe.
The Indians didn't seem to hav,
any intention of harming the whit,
men, but they seemed in n grea
hurry to dispose of their captiveS
AS soon rs they reached the mel
they dismounted, took the two
PapOOses, boy about ten and Z
girl about eight, from the horses.
Then the chief in rather "a rough
manner brought them to Mr.. Little
and addressing him in an Indian
tongue, said he wished to get rio
of them, aud asked him to buy
them.
The mayor knew enough of tn,
language to understand what The
Indian said; but not knowing what
he could do with the aborigine'
told the chief he didn't care to buy