Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-10

upon the defenseless
whites.
In this they were aided and abet-
ted by the willy Niger Godfrey, who,
while he was distrusted by many of
the older and wiser heads, chief
among whom was Little Grow, had
nevertheless by his recognized abili-
ty, obtained great influence over the
younger men, and never for a mo-
ment had he hesitated to turn that
influence to his own advantage,
though TO succeed he was compell-
ed to resort to the meanest treach-
cry, utterly regardless of whether it
involved friend or foe.
Thus it came about, that Eowah
fully aware of what had been deter
mined upon by Cut-Nose and Niger
Godfrey, who, for the time being had
buried the Ratchet as between their
two selves, resolved that she would
do everything in her power to save
her friends from the clutches of
those two villains, one of whom she
well knew would spare no means
to regain possession of the person of
Frances and if possible also make a
prisoner of Jesse, and in the general
massacre which was certain to fol-
low involve them both if possible.
This she knew to be the plan of the
pitiless Cut-Nose. I'D
And this was why the faithful
girl had made the long, tiresome
journey from the camp on Root riv-
er, travelling only at night, that she
might warn her friends of the i'm
pending danger to which they were
to be exposed. The journey had
been made and the warning given
at the imminent peril of her own
life, for if discovered she was GER
tain to fall a victim to the treach-
erous cruelty of Niger Godfrey who,
he imagined, had no reason to feel
friendly either toward the girl or her
father, who stood in the way of his
advancement in the tribe.
White Lily, Young Eagle stay by
wigwam. Not leave village.
Why! what is the matter?'' ask
ed Frances.
"Monwanika, Waukoma, Pishne-
ka, Pawkewis, young men b'long Ink
pa-du-ta lodges on war-path. Kill
men. Kill women. All tribe on war
path"
"Oh, Eowah! what can be doae
to present the dreadful massacre?"
Noting done yet-Great Fader,
him Saint Paul, send soldiers right
away quick"
Is there not something / can do
to save our friends?" we have some
very dear friends near the Mime
sofa border" said Frances.
White Lilly do noting. Stay by
wigwam. Stay by village. Young
Eagle stay too. Eowah go quick
back camp"
Stay with US Eowah, live in my
home and be my sister, why should
you go back to those dreadful peo-
ple?"
"Eowah 60 own people. Me no
white girl. Me Indian girl" said
tho darL cL ;npad voo;dar NTH n At
nifty that would have been becoming
in any princess of Europe. And
then pressing the white girl to her
bosom for an instant she sprang from
the shadow of the lilac-bush and was
Immediately swallowed up in the
darkness of the night.
CHAPTER XIV.
AS soon as it became known that
the Sioux were on the war-path steps
were Immediately taken for their
expulsion from Minnesota, or their
utter determination. The governor
of the state called for volunteers and
the call was promptly and enthusi-
astically responded to by the young
men of that state. After a time the
massacre of the whites was stopped
and the Indians, who had not been
slain or made prisoners, were driven
beyond the Missouri river, where
they were attacked by United States
troops stationed in that territory.
One evening soon after the expul-
sion of the Sioux from Minnesota,
Major l.. L. Caldwell, who had just
completed the organization of the
| first battalion Of the til Iowa cav
airy, received orders to be ready to
march with his command and report
to General Sully, on the Upper Mis-
souri,.
When it became known that this
battalion, a body of men which had
been organized for special service
against the Indians was on the point
of departure for the frontier, there
was great excitement throughout
northeastern Iowa, for the regiment
to which they belonged had been
raised in that corner of the state
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