The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-11
AN OLD INDIAN STORY
The Legend OF the Love Tragedy
OF Medicine Bluff.
FATE OF TWO KIOWA BRAVES.
The Proof OF Daring and Test OF Love
Demanded BY the Beautiful Maiden,
Laughing Moonbesm-A Wild and
Fearless Leap Into ETERNITY.

Leap i"So e'''E'
IL days gone by->o runs Il legend
oil IS ,h,. hills that gave il birth sor-
rn,yflII ~ thu. f,r,. NJ th.. n,.,rl, .aI.,:It
,,.f,;.l. :...,,- .R... ,...,. WI.
'''' 'l-' '-'' '''t''N 49, ''' 'i''''"'' '1''A -
ole NOVA lF''t' i"Ao"u'd AZ a war
nor rvNered AZ Il ruler.
Win h1m IN ms "IsWam OF dressed
buffalo hides, twenty all told. for lie
was a mighty ,A.eftaiu. lived the
Young Laughing Monuhratn his ,iaurh-
ter. a lulIdru is renowned fn, heautv
~ >,as tb,. iu,1strj,,. MARIAN Win,
gave her birth for ;.r,,yr>s In hatfl.
Her smile was tIl, surriou. her hand
the prize. for which an the young
braves of her tribe a. we'll "a thu>.
Of neighboring tribes >trul, in friend
w houf ami ,lrydi, hafi1a R,it
Laughing Nnruhcan, had ewes but for
tv., and y,t ,ouIa ,,,t d.,.i,io I.,,,,.,.,,
her faithful loyerS-t,I b,.los and
brave BeIo both Of r,,,I stock bnrh
we'll favored. FINALLY The prruIexed
princess of the plains nut an end Ia
perplexi;y and SUSPENSE hv setting for
her eager lovers A task
This task 0aS firmly a ,r,,,f ,f brav
cry and a test ,f Iova I-,,,r q ,,rt,i,,
dav tho yo,,ng man war, ., ,,,,,,,,
+l,eir nonias and riIinc, Of rnll ,ut =,
the ton Of q hiyh bIuf laa,, IN tho
Mains below he who survived tho for
rible lean of many hundred foot in he
given IN tho nrinccss in p,orriaco
At this point brief descrfntion Of
the bluff. which IL itself n port of This
quaint legend will not come amiss
This particular peak OF the Wichita
mountains is known in redskin annals
as Medicine hluff from tho fart that
tho mysterious medicina man uaro
wont 70 ,,ao+ ,,,>o, g.. s,,,,,x,;+ ,,1
tboro copcoc-a thoir not,,+ ahor,.
maxine r,odicipo o,d hotobin,r o,.;t
midnicbt rlo+s unon tho haunted ,,o,,
tain ton. for the bluff itself hore an
unsavory reputation among the red
skins. 1t is Of an exceedingly peculiar
formation. having the aDpearance of
being cut cleanlv in two from apex to
base the Kiowas believing that the
missing half was sDirited away in the
night bv the emissaries of the evil one
The legend further states that upon
the day set for the task the day when
half score of foolish Young braves
were to ride to their death at the bid
ding of mere squaw-so said the old
men Of tile tribe contemptuously- the
whole tribe, with many from the neigh
boring tribes. gathered at the loot or
Medicine bluff TO await the outcome.
''Thcy come. See, kelo, the brave.
leads cried an old medicine man.
pointing across the prairies. Proudly
the young braves came on. the morn
ing sunlight flashing back from their
glittering, snow white robes OF dressed
deerSk1n adorned with mFrlaus OF bfli-
hahlly coiore" grass peaus' eih teeth
ana sweeping ueershlh irInse Ea7e
plumes topped all inns barbarlc spieh-
dor. trhlillg OUT lar ochlhu IN tue orlSh
prairie breeze.
n sign OF hihSleu admiration anu
sorrow Went up from the Hui''tuue as
the young braves the mower Vi inc
tribe. began TO mount the mehacihs
Dluh. swiftly the sturdy httle ponies
took the trail upward, the watchers be
low waiting spellbound for the crucial
moment The princess. Laughing Moon
beam. standing beside the tall OLD war
nor chieftaln' looked calmly proudly
upward .her Si"iice res''hs Out d mo
ment upon the cheering crowd
See, only Belo and Delos nave
reached the top. some one shouted eS-
citedly. Too true. the other youths.
faint hearted, perhaps, or their reason
returning in the face of such fool
hardy casting away of human and
brute life, were slowly coming down
the rugged mountain trail' leaving the
Two determined sultors poised on the
Drink OF the DUN