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t wo years terore" this story opena
Qai-ltiiia bad come out from England to
rbettcr his'frtrtoniea."' He Was English,
bred and bom, a resident of Leaming
ton, and his wife had died the year be
fore. Though a widower, he was not
shildless. '. Tbti woniaa- in the wagon
rain' was 'hit -daughter, Bess. 1 A wo
man? No a ffirl of ighneen a typical
English girl of the middle class. The
father hud tried ranching and failed,
nd had put hia" lart dollar into the out
fit of the gold hunting party. Should
-Cess be left behind among strangers in
I strange land, or taken on an expedi
tion which 'had it peril for every honr?
"Ave you crazyr" queried the gold
kuntein, when, Uarkina asked them to
decide. - . ' j' ,.
Bnt when the train was ready to move
out of Brole Jity, and the men saw the
red cheeked English lassie Boated beside
young Joe Blyu, who was to drive the
Harkins wagon while the owner rode
horseback, they lifted their hats as they
rode pset. t? And1 when they saw how
brave ehe tried to look and act, and un
derstood that sh was willing to brave
all perils for the affections she bore
her father, they said to one another:
"There's a girl to be proud of. Let's
give the Englishman a fair show."
And no uueen could have asked for or
f baen shown greater respect. She it was
wno knelt beside the gra-e of the old
Shi H teal urtio knelt frrrttle 0i grave ol
! the old hunter.
hunter, laid away in such unseemly
haste and with so little ceremony, and
uttered a short prayer in behalf of the
deadrand though aotne of the'wildor
Bptritffhffected to' ridicule, there waa a
rook ot pride on -their faces aa they
tUB-bedJtbem npon the t'irl Itneeling be
fore them.
Who was Joe Blyn? An American of
twenty-fonr. ranchman, acout, gold
banter; brave aa a lion and tender as a
woman. He had been with Sheridan
and Custer, with Miles and Cook. He
had carried dispatches from held to fort,
from post to headquarters. The soldiers
and civilians knew him us Joe; the In
diana called bim "The White Wind."
More than once they had found his trail
and pushed him hard, but never had they
overtaken him. And within an honr
from thB tlihe Joe i Blyn helped Eeap, Har-
khw to a Beat bto The wagon he knew that
bsloved herr and she realized that she
haH fallen in With agreeable company. .
ii Who wasvTayl jr? ; An Iowa fanner; a
man of will and nerve, wbo thirsted to
l-acqnire wealtti speeauy. reopie at
borne called him stingy ana grasping.
Afl hour after the old hunter a death
tile light of avarice shone so brightly iu
hiaeyes "that ar physiognomist would
have whispered to mmseii, "inere is a
ftn who wonld do mnrder for goldr
With tbe other we have little- to do.
Expeditions such aa this are made bp of
anybody and everyliody. No one auks
where they come from and certificates
of charaeter-are not demanded.
When one speaks of the plains of the
great west yon must not confound them :
with the prairies. "Ood made the prairies."-
aayar an Indian legend, "while
satan - made the plains." The one ia a
level, covered -with rich grass and car
peted with flowers, and the noil turned
op by the plow is the richest of earth.
The other is rolling, broken ground,
ridged, tumbled, confused. Rock out
crops, the soil ie almost (lint and nature
can scarcely force a weed or bush to
grow. Waive and serpents are at home
on these dU5lat' stretches of country.'
but all dthcr living things avoid them.
There Is A kinesomeness and a desolation
'and a homesicames about them which
ha caused tnen t go mad.
It was ove:' such a stretch of country
that the wagon train alowly picked ita
way. Ridge after ridge, dip after dip,
iway"b same sterile scenery; always
the same vultures flying in circles ao
high up that tbey looked no larger than
robins.
They speak of boundless prairies. 80
are the plains boundless or seem to be.
Yon may ride for 200 miles before there
ia a change of aotl or scenery.
Noun comes aad a brief halt ia made.
The men have grown more anxious
within the last hour.
"Signs" are more plentiful.
The leathered beads of Indians have
been Men above tbe banks of tha drv
ravines at'snorv. intervals; anu rt n piain
to all that the train is under espionage.
Your noble red man is a coward. He
must tight with the odds in his favor if
he fights at all. " Honest warfare is un
known to him. In his death song he
will sing of his brave deeds, but he lies
about them.
Men and women argue and contend
that the red man of America has been
cheated, abused and maligned.' They
view him from b distance, in his native
staie he lives by choice like a dog. He
ib ' ictous in every sense. He was born
with a desire to torture and kill. His
lov-) is tyranny audi -abuse- his friend
shi .1 to be avoided. If he believes in a
givat Manitoa, that belief does not pro
vei. t him fro a being a beast and a devil
combined, lie betrays his own kindred.
He steals frotn his own' tribe. ' He tor
turds a prisoner of his own kind with as
much relish as he does a white man.
Taken as a whole, he has not one single
trait or sentiment to prove his right to
curaber the earth.
Ayel the red devils had been watch;
ing that train for the lost twenty hours
as a cat watches its victim when released
for the moment. They were ahead of it
behind to the right the left. At
first two or three then seven or eight
then .fifteen then thirty. They were
the scouts and spies, - and every half
uuur uue roae away to me wei to near
Information to the chiefs in waiting.
The gold hunters must be wiped out
to the l ist man. Their tramUt had
been : counted over and over their
weapons noted and tbo chaaces' calcu
lated. The time was not yet. The lay
of the ground was not suitable and
enough Indians hail not come tip. They
dared not attack with fifty a hundred
a hundred and fifty. They would
move upon the little band with two hun
dred or more four or five to ona That
is Indian bravory.
When a dozen of thorn have run down
a hunter and lifted his scalp there are
shouts of victory words of boasting a
war dance about his body. They never
figure on odds unless against them
selves. When the train was ready to move on
after its halt the leader called all the
mon together for counsel. He had been
a soldier, as had many of the men. He
knew what to expect, and was prudent
ly preparing for it Each horseman and
each driver was given orders for emer
gency, and every man received them
willingly and with a desire to obey.
' As the train moved on it was closed
bp as solidly as possible, and each driver
had his weapons at hand. It was an
hour before the Indians showed their
hand. Then one after another appeared
in sight out of rifle range, until fifty
could be counted. A train of emigrants
would have been rattled at sight of
these, and there would have been con
fusion and disagreement us how best to
act. When you have an enemy alarmed
you have him half whipped. ' No one
knows thiB better than an Indian.
The men of an emigrant train would
have begun tiring, and thug wasted their
ammunition. The bolder spirits would
have voted for a charge, thus giving the
devils hiding - behind the rocks and
ridges with cocked rifles a chance to
pick them off.
The men of the train fired no shot and
made no halt.- Never a wagon moved
faster or slower. It was great plow
cutting its way through the earth over
all obstructions.
Anxions? Yes. Your brave man may
even tremble in the presence of danger,
(t is only a drunkard or ft fool who puts
up his life against chance and betrays
no emotion. Not anxious about the four
score warriors galloping about them and
now becoming derisive and defiant, but
about what was to come farther on, and
what the odds against them would be.
"Never halt in the presence of an
enemy unless you fortify," says a mili
tary authority.
"So long as you are moving, the enemy
cannot mass against any one point," says
another.
An old veteran commanded the train
and rode in advance of it. Ha saw the
lay of the country changing, and as he
reached a ridge he could look do-vn and
see where the attack would be made.
The natural roadway ran down for a
mile between dry gnllies. These gullies
had been scooped out by the heavy rain
falls of perhaps a century, for here the
watershed ran sharply to the north for
many miles.
The Indians bad massed in these ra
vines and the train would tie in a trap.
"Never do what your enemy hopes
you will do," is another tuilitury miixim.
The captain made a rapid survey of
the ground and turned to the north
Here was a plateau strewed with bowl
ders, but tolerably level. A battle must
be fought Here was the plaw to fight it
It ia midaftcrnoon now. Como with
me and 1 will show yon a sight to be re
membered frrmver. There is goinai to
De a ognt wntcn men vnu uuaut arouuu
heartastonei for the next twenty years.
CHAPTER Hi.
He- stringing Mi 'tbmfimscK for a
- blowitt her.
' : The tarefuliy 'prepared trap' of the In-'
oHana had failed. ' ft tvns 'only whell thp
white man had 'turned sharply aside,
bunched the wagona, placed the spare
horses as safely as possible and began
rolling the bowlders - together 1 fori' a
breastworks that the red man realiied
that he had been sold ont. ' '
CuMIMiKll
N. J. BINNOITU ADDRKSS
To Ihe G. A. R. at Their t'an'ptlre in- Hepn
Bor, Oct. 21, ltsua.
Sir. Chairman, Members of the Q. A.'
M., Ladies and Gentlemen:
Brevity is a oharm pleasing to all, de
nied to none; so, if tbe committee's flat
teriug Qonsideratinn nf me be the meanB
nf briuifing any ulllidioiis npon this au
dience, I trust that I may have resourae
to, and claim brevity aa one of the re
deemiUK features ot my remarks.
All oooaoious of tins nature, and es
pecially reunions of the G. A. R , arc
snuh as teud iuvariabiy to render our
view retroapeotive. aud instead of
"Dipping into tba future ai far as atunan . eye
can lee,
To bebnlii me wooden aud the werlda-Uiat
' are to be."
We teel nurselve prompted, almost uu
oousoioualy, to recall oft-repeaied rem
lnibcuioes of past events, events that oan
not, and do not lessen in importance or
interest by repetitious in prose or in
noetry; eveuts whiob make my Irish-
American blood fairly tingle because tbey
iwall all that goes to luoite, to arouse
hose ineffable, those inexpressible sen
timeots which cluster arouud that noble
word, "patriotism.
Indeed, Vbat mother's heart does not
ihrub with a kiudred emotion at Ihe story
of tbeeorrow-Btriukeu mother iu 'til, who,
though it broke her heart, considered it
her sacred duty to place the musket in
the bauds ot her dai ling boy, perbai s
represented by some gray haired veteran
before me, imprint a mother's farewell
kiss, bid him dou the gray and march
with bis comrades.
Accordingly a glanoe backward this
-veuiug can harm no one, aud it oau not
Fail to infuse, to inspire aud stimulate a
deeper love for country and country's
defenders, the Q. A. 11 Yet I am sadly
conscious lliut neitber the "oheap jewel
ry" of the orator, nor mv plain words can
inrreiise too much that reverence and
leByect due to this body of men, vibosi
bresstB are decorated wiib an iusigi ifioai I
little copper buttou;insignilieaut, aye, bin
lull of the most aigmlioant meaning, as it
-(bows that these were the mob who an
swered the call of Lincoln for 70,000.
with 300,000 union defenders; that these
were tbe men who left wives and sweet
hearts, youth and atie, to face eold Bteel
and blueing oannon, to end 11 re death,
iliaease au l starvation in r bel prisons.
1 bat they might render fruitful the im
petuous charges of "Little lJbil," the in
domitable hammering of Qrant, or the
KlonouB march of Hiiermau to tbe sea.
The object of today's celebration also
naturally recalls to mind tbe time when
(Jul umbos bad at last found a haven of
refuge for tbe persecuted of every dime,
when far across the storm loaned Atlant
ic to tbe laud of the setting sun a new
government consecrated to liberty had
sprung tuto existence. Each returning
vessel bore tbe glad tidings ot Ameriuu s
brilliunt prospects, and the weary peas
ant on Albion's chalky cliffs gazed sea
ward aud sigbed tor tbe laud of the tree.
But these glad tidings did not always
tnnob the responsive chords of sympa
thy; repeatedly mouarchs and prinoes
gazyd anxiously at the young repnblio;
with rancour in their hearts did they view
tbe birth of a tree institution, destined
to strike the first effective blow against
the whole fabrio of monarchist rule and
tradition. For this reason our enemies
dreaded, aye, stood in awe- of tbe day
mat should realise the brighrest hopes
of our auaestors. A government "of the
pt-ople, by tbe people and for the people"
'bey Baid was an Utopian idea, sovereign
ty of tbx people only a sweet delusion,
and natioual uuity a mere phantom; tbe
diversities of noil and climate, tbey said
and hoped, would engender and foster
biiter seotioual aul most ties; tbe flokle
neas of a oaprioious populnoe, uncon
trolled by the iron hand of a king, would
plunge us into a yawning vortex of cum
uion ruin, and when tbe first jar came
we would surely succumb to tbe rolling
breakers. These were the precautions,
these the prophecies the veterans ot the
G. A. R. were called upon to disprove,
Hd. thauk God, they dip 'heir duty.
Theee were tbe predictions that sped tbf
first voyage of our ship of state, but they
kiie v not
"What masters laid thy keel,
What workmen wruuKht thy rllis of steel,
Who msde eaeh mast, and sail, and rope,
What anvils ranit, what hammers beat,
In v. hat a furke and what a heat,
Were ihatieU the anchors ul our hope."
Our course ollt-u lay through uukDowo
obauuels, and repeatedly we heard the
barah gratings ol hidden rocks, liut in
the early days of our oommonweiilth,
when we had juat begun to feel the vital
force of liberty coursing in our veins, it
as evident that there was a divinity
shaping our ends, and that tinder the
protection of a supernatural providence,
wise statesmanship would prevail against
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all foreign or domestio discord,
Our seooud war with Great Britain
showed tbat we had not only tbe power
but also tbe courage to assert ourselves
and demand our rights.
At the first mention ot disunion the
towering figure ot Webster arose and ba
hundered out in tout s never to be lor
Molten, that noble senttmeut which sent
uany here, mauv from the plow, the
workshop, tbe counting bouse, the anvil,
o bailie for union, tbat noble sentiment,
rbat motto of our ooun ry, "Liberty and
unmn now and forever, one and 11 sep
arable," Now tbe cloud was fast approaching
presaagiug with many and da-k forebod
ings, our national ruin, tbe false impres
sions concerning tbe ri.htaof thegeueral
government, the fatal doctrine of stale
sovereignty, the slave question, bad
brought us almost to tbe verge of dust mo
tion and we were burled into an nutal
lowed civil war,
Tbis fratricidal struggle was destined
to be tbe oruoial test of our resources,
our Integrity, aye, perchance of our very
national existruoe.. Those of you who
were there'tnayi but 1 cannot portray the
dreadful scenes ot this our darkest hour,
for my pen undipped iu the gore of the
battlefield cannot chronicle the bloody
tragedies, nor painter's canvas deptot
tbe widespread desolation. - From every
bush chot the glimmer ot the rifle, the
tread of leu ion B sbook tbe ground. Vir
ginia, the cradle of presidents, became
the grave of patriots. For four long years
throughout tbe land was heard tbe clash
of arms. Gradually tbe end was drawing
near, 'till on that April morning the last
reveille summoning the blue and gray to
arms bad Bounded, and ere the roll of
basting drums bad died away tbe shad
ows of sorrow and darkness occasioned
by the war were being tllapelled aud in
the firmament appeared our star of hope,
tbe anticipated harbinger of peace, Lira
bad surrendered. These sweet and wel
come words were full of the most signifi
cant 'meaning. Tuey meant to the poor
heart-broken mntneMbst not in vain bad
she immolated her soldier boy on the
altar of bis country; they meant to you,
scarred and wounded veterans, tbat you
had done your duty, that yon bad kept
alive tbe old revolutionary spirit of pat
riotism; they meant to that tired and
wounded figure, Abraham Lincoln, that
tbe uuion was to be perpetuated and that
we were to issue from that strife with
an established aod well grounded com
monwealth, destined under the penuant
of the stars and stripes to defeat all at
tempts at dissolution.
How eminently fitting, with bnt little
change, are tbe words ot Webster to tba
revolutionary survivors: "Veterans, you
come down to na from a former genera
tion. Heaven has bounteously lengthen
ed out your days that you might behold
this joyous day for all is now pence,
and God has granted you a participation
in tbe festivities of your oountry's cele
bration ere you slumber in the grave
forever. He has allowed you to partake
of the reward of your patriotic toils, and
He has allowed us, your suns aud coun
trymen to meet you here and in tbe name
of liberty, in the name of ounntry and
union, to thank yon. VeteranB, you are
the remnant of many a well fought bat
tlefield, yon bring with you marks of
honor from '.Sbiloh, Vioksbnrg, Gettys
burg, Wilderness aud other memorable
fields. ' Veterans of a 'quarter of a cen
tury,' when in your youthful days yon
placed all at hazard in your country's
cause, good as that oause was, and san
guine as yonth is, still your fondest
hopes. did not stretch foiward toau hour
like this, to a moment of national pros-,
nerity such ns y iti never could foresee.
You are now met to enjoy tbe fellowship
of old soldiers, and to receive the over
flowing of universal gratitude."
But e must remember tbat long has
been furled the ba'tle flag that led the
bayonet charge, or crowned the bristling
ramp rt, tbe lofty marble ooliimo and '
the granite shaft mark the tombs where ,
lie our heroes, your comrades, their bod
ies are perishing according to the laws
of nature, their names and the memories
nf tbeir deeds still remain as beacons to -poBteritv.
Now let ns refuse to reosll
those sad, appalling mistakes of that
grim, dark past to iling as reproaches, or
to arouse sectional prejudices. You
fonaht for union; the confederates, mis--led
and mistaken, fongbt tor what they
considered tbeir just rights. They left
the dispute to the fJnnl judge ot nations,
and tbey were American enough to abide
by the result. I heir valor brought forth
yonr courage, and together you showed
tbat with an united country, en united
soldiery, we would have an army to defy
the world.
80 now let us bury our feelings of envy
we may bava for each other, in the at
tachments we have for uuity and Country.
The russet autumn leaves of a q latter
of a century and again the returning
verdure of a spring have striven to hide
from the fuse of the nation tbe success
of that war, and shall , nature's noble
men, refuse to follow her laudable ex
ample, shall we bi jeera and gibes keep
open ihosB gating wounds and leave
them as a fatal beiltage toour posterity?
No, let us in a conciliatory spirit admin
ister that healing balm of forgiveness,
that divine attribute giveu by Go I to
m fin to enable him to reoall the bosom
friend lost in an angry moment, yes let
ns cultivate tbis divine sttribuie and
entertBin a true spirit of reconciliation.
There is a moat soured duty inoumbent
on all of us to transmit sound and intact
the heritage that w have received fiom
these old soldiers "Generations past and
generations to oome hold ns responsible
for this sacred trust, our fathers from
behind Bilmnniah na with anxious, pa
ternal voices, poBteritv oalles to ua from
the future; the world turns hither ita
solicitous eyes, all, all oonjure ns to
act wisely and faithfully" and if we em
ulate the deeds and achievements of
these veterans of the G. A. R. we may
look forward In a time when.
"The Rraml old ship, Union's, voyage o'er,
At anchoraaii sale she swings.
And loud and cluar with cheer on cliecr
Her liiyinis weleome rlnas.
Hurrah! Hurrah! Itshakes the waves,
It thunders 011 Ilia land,
One lhif, one heart, one hand,
tine nation evermore."
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