The Ordway new era., 1917-04-13
eSAsTEH X
Te Cougar crouehes.

j saualid tspee IN the forest, once
were gwen three sons at a oIrtn- Sns
Of the three died IN infancy cvd lNeu
M become the most famous leaders the
terrible Inhabitants OF the forest VIII
tler-aess ever knew. As one OF the TWO
grew TO manhood and forced his way
10 the head Of his tribe by his daring.
his cunning. his GatchleSs sioQuence
ana power. the red man. with his love
Of IlnsEeEy N names chose the c0u-
gar the panther. ths great cst df me
forest, as the dttins type Of he caiei
whose iEhtes; Nori was law.
The COUGAR Il was from this demo
MAC oesss that he ShGwnee chief
received his nane-pecuusen. the
cougar ah0Gt 70 spring.
A Yankee Surveyor pTsdlCted one
aay an eclipse Of the sun CsCHIn-
seh's brother. on account df his L.
qceat drunken ba6BAnEs, had been
dubbed The Open Door 5ut siIEn-
ner Of sarswdnesS lighted Up his I'm
sodden brain at the words Of The White
man ne ostur1ei TO his t-ihs. and say
Tni- 10 all VINO would listen Lh2s he
had been gwen a message rom the
Great AanitoU himself. prJphessed
that On certain day the sky would
be darxeneSi-a siEa Lhcr As, The
Open Door" WIS divine anu was
hsRceforrh 20 lead his Peuple- They
laugheG; but the 1arxasss czne as ne
had r0retu3d. and from that l2- De
WIS looked Up % ny every warrior n
de was 10 longer called The Open
Door Bat E-Esestawa, The Loud
Voice :" and his voice IN council vas
1he vuica Of authority. But years had
aow passed: and As prsEed n secret
tor another siEn 70 bolster Up lis
wavertns strength
The white Den csEos farther ana
earrhsr INTO The Wilderness -sEred
thssr Gzlhins N grtztsr znd greater
aumoars IN the red mans 1oreSS- bar
e.srtd and bought larger sni larger
ter-tores from the STUPID savage. who
reached ont eagerly Tor g handful 1l
toys sug af rhe white mans 1aT-
drIIls-, ana ave IN return -hs countless
EC-ss N lis hunting ground. But now
Tor rszrs as IuIu5 -ssS2C7euT E-pEV
E1ore and ZauTs dittez. To Tec-uSsa
Eud 4s druthsr. EZEsEGrEva. -ae
Prophet, TIA red men Eaase1 lEnuzrsez..
II Cor 8 lesdsrsalr winch saUuld -
ss--In ths s1c-usC1.nE settler. or
S5aca z.irry- sTsn -ssln do- the2
lhair IuSs 4Enas-
E1e EorEc wsr-lurs cnusd not wait
ssr ccunGl= here and Ehare they sC-ucz
down q settler. took Z 7uIu&l cSplre-
dashed 8Ct Ehs h--tzS l5 3 Ez.IE. zuL
hurried hsCE INTO Lhs tnrzsS- To Ear
F1S11 n V2nceuuas cane Tsc--aseh
sCG- cJcaCil ana promised 7s5rsSs- EEan
sElTTr@a away 70 tie south. down -hs
E-sEt Ersr. 70 ehs tribes along ne
9ult. &c lr1pl1-e Gilsz1 70 stand with
Lhsar 5-8rhe-S 1f lbe North a.-ciusz Els,
waiie mans advance Tae P-uEug-
lasrHyrt15ie remained st lls rlHE-E Is
miles z.1rzh 1f TIucsuues. Zud Spent
the Dine n LncsEtati1lS ana 1-uluuus
nEua-;ncS; ana The little iowa If
vlucsRnss lay n anxious Cuce--aLucy
m the daE1s q tbs Tattash -rrar.
dawn Ehca. czms me news II The
Prupnat's restless plotting.
Tie little Village Presented Il sc=us
II The most uansuai ACTIVITY. Here
End there in vacant Ge5ds Eae rarluus
comp2Eiss OF Lhe Territorial militia
we're drlliiug-foEr. companies Of
mounted men Hnd eEEiIr lf 5ufaurr--
q force oI soEae SIX hundred zraa.
w3iigh harrison had caused 70 be s.
seIiblsi hastily
NoraeE and oEIll-ga stood watching
tiae evo3uti01s af the volunteers The
Fre1ch Inhabitants cEcrrersd away IN
;rsrDaudsas zzC;teDeat.. As zlr IS
military dtiil and ace1ure-neat were
concerned. the men we're rTdic-l1us5y
Eyy31wEr3 and UNFRAMED. Taay cgl4d
not Eeep Srep 70 save lhair souls. aud
0IGiy one q tbs c7Csira companies rratls
tlF Prsseuse 1t q Uniform this e.ae
svs.s fiIe company commanded by Spsr
Speooe- ug C5ryrigz- These wore yei-
l0w hunting sslirts triEurae1 With red
feathers: lhey were prUlqlIv dubbed
'tas yellow JEuEets. Gnd were marked
1sn Bat the rest wore w.latEvar
cs0gtses thev Wgra Possessed af in their
aaatF i1e--Sow jeans or IlIlSey-zyoCssey
or The hunters dress If earned dt.er-
ssaIn7 md each man carried the rife
Of his choice, firearms u every make
ana Of azsy iencth of haTre5.
0zs morning WIS snElreasd BY a
sne'stIFsg match. Someone got a white
wood ptsns- ard pacing OF 80 yzr1s..
prfF'pea II ~ firmly, A G-css ten
inches IN Diameter was szaeared on
the board with wet powder. ana IN
he center Of this black spot q mt af
Sisite paper. the SIG n dollar. was
pinned One after snerhe- OF the awk-
ward IailtisInsn stepped 10 the line
Ard fired. seesn3azir without parssrsg
20 aim Not man failed 70 send his
tsuiiet into the wtl1e. Then the tar
get was moved 10 20 yart1ss dissnnce,
then hundred; and The desdir aera-
rn<y cNntiuue< as the h,e..tfs- maria.