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Show A Mrango Legend. A strange legend conies to us from the Sioux, who alone can tell the truo history his-tory of that deadly ambuscade.. They say that on the hillock where Custer fell now grows a plant never seen there beforea be-forea curious plant with tall, slender leaves, curved in the exact form of a saber, with edges so sharp as to inflict keen wounds upon unwary hands, and those who pluck it once soon drop it, so strangely cold und clammy ave its leaves. It bears a golden hued, heart shaped blossom, and in the center is one ' small spot of brilliant red, like a drop of blood. The Indians regard it with superstitious su-perstitious awe. They call it "Custer's heart," and cannot be induced to touch it, claiming that the blossom crushed in the hand leaves a blood red stain impossible impos-sible to remove. Denver Republican. |