The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-02-13
,or Night had set ia before

, r. ,,o,ior Night had set Ia oefors
49, ro..rva and irregulars reached the
foo, Of Lundy's Lane. ro'u ,nal ui'e's
Il from the river and crossed a conleui
o-,7inerce. at no greater distance IRON .iio
NIAGARA highway. The summit OF 'a'S
VII vos crowned with tn" cannon OF the
british and in the fiat ben Ith was the
r,-,Dont of Scots gallant tTigade. when
for long time had held an unequal con-
,.s, with distinguished bravery. new
'.ra was iDtorro>ed, and ohH column OF
49,, Americans directed to cAarge up the
h;M. parallel to the road. Ihis column
t,aL the Eaglt<h ia dnnk, and bayonetlhe
their art!lIerists, gained possession -
rha cannon. They were Immediately join
nl hv their comrades. and the enemy vas
swept from the hi.. Repeated and oioody
ch.r,f.s Wc~n made TO recover the guns,
but in all they were repulSed with slauSh-
ter. Durir- tn last of these struggles
,h,. arlor oi the youthful captain urged
hi~. 10 lead his men some distance III az
var.ra. 10 scatter daring party OF the
cnr~,y. He sTooeeded. but in returning
10 the line missed his lieutenant from
the station that be ought to have occu-
,lel Soon after this repClse, which was
tho kst. OTd,r> were giT"n 10 the shat
rcr"d troops to return to the camp. The
British were nowhere to be seen, and
7.r.para;ion> we're made 10 take in such
%. the wounded A. could be moved. At
this moment Wharton Dunwoodie, impe!l-
ID by affection for his friend. seized a
ghted fuse. and taking two of his men,
vent himself IN Guest of his body, where
le was supposed to have fallen. Mason
vas found on tie side Of tn" hill, but
unable to 7aIk from a fractured leg. Dun
wo)die saw and few to tie side of his
co:lradr. 'y"iaining:
All. do:.r Tom, | knew | should find
you the n,a-"St man to the enemy
softly. softly: handle me tenderly,"
replied the lieutenant; "thore is a brave
fellow still nearer than myself. lie rush.
ed out OF our smoke, near my platoon, to
make a prisoner or some such thing. but,
POOR fellow, h' never came back there
he lies just over the hilloc&. have
>poken to hi:2 several times but fancy
he is past answering"
DuNNOON" went 10 tnc spot. ana 10 dis
a>tonishmcnt heheld the aged stranger
1T is the Old man" cried the youth;
"ltt him, aad let him BE carried in; his
bones shall rest on native soil"
The mca approached 10 obey. He was
lying on bis back. with his face exposed
to the glartng light Of the fusee his eyes
were closed. as If in slumber; his lips,
S...r Il;
from their Datural position. but it seemed
more like a emile than convulsion which
had caused the change. 4 soldiers mus
krt lay near him; his hands were pressed
upon his breast, and one of them con-
taiued a substance that glistened like
silver. DunwoOd!e stopped, and removing
the limbs, perceived the place where the
bullet had found a passage 10 his heart.
The subject Of his last care was a tin
box, through which the fatal lead had
gone; and the dying moments of the old
man must have passed in drawing it from
his bosom. Dunwoodie opened it, and
found a paper in which, 10 his astonish.
ment, he read the following:
circumstances of political importance,
which involve the lives and fortunes Of
many, havs hitherto kept secret what this
paper nov reveals. Harvey Birch has
for years been faithful and unrequited
servant Of his country. Though a man
does not, may God reward him for his con-
duct! GEO. WASHINGTON"
1t was che Spy Of the Neutral Ground,
who died as he had lived. devoted to his
country, and a martyr TO her liberties.
(1he End.)