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Show A Strange Legend. A strange legend comes to us from the Sioux, who alone can tell the true history of that deadly ambuscade. ambus-cade. They say that on the hillock where Custer fell now grows a plant never seen there before curious ,.Iant with tall.slender leaTes.curved in the exact form of a saber, with edges so sharp as to Inflict keen wounds upon unwary hands, and thee who pluck it once soon drop It, so strangely cold and clammy are Its leaves. It bears a golden hued, heart shaped blossom, and in tho center Is ono small spot of brilliant red, like a drop of blood. The Indians In-dians regard It with superstitious awe. Ther call It 1'Coater's heart," and cannot be Induced to touch It, claiming that tbo blossom crushed In the hand leavrs a uloodml stain fmpasltile to reraoTe. enp ife-pubHoan. |