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Show IE;f pi INDIAN GIRLS GUARD ir lj GRAVES OF ANCESTORS j ,fli li ; ' KANSAS CITY. July 25. Helena. Ida- ! f 1(1 ho and LIda Conley, sisters, and Wyan- .Jv ,i dotte Indiana, began an armed ?oard to- "i day over the graves of their ancestors t j wi tn Huron cemetery In Kansas Cltr, Knns.. i , li ' rccntiy ouiirri i . ., . 1 Si a"d tlircaten to Fhoot (he firl person ' H l whr may attempt to remove Mie l)odle?. Jr, w Concres authorized tlie .sale of the '( tl cemetery. 5et aside for many vears as 1 lj jli. a tribal burial pround, and a division of I M II i the money amop.c the remaiiilnc mem- i' Ki lirs of the Wynndolie tribe, first re- I i If'1 moving the bodies. The Conlev girls 1 nay they will not permit the graves to , i) jfF; be touched, and they todav began the r i ; ereoilon of a shanty upon the outskirts i ; fJt of the cemetery. Miss Helena Conlev i ! '( jy 1 saifl: f' ' t - "From this time on ono of the threo 'U Conley Flsterfi will be horo in tlie dav- 1 j ' f time. At night all three of us shall sleep 'jf 1 , here and guard. In this oemeterv ari i j , , buried 100 of our ancestors. The" blood '!;. 3f the ancient royalty of France flows In i i my veins. My grandfather owned thf ' whole State of Ohio. Why should we not M 1 i pe proud of our ancestors and protect 4 In i "-heir grave?? We shall lo It and woe ; t fo the man that first attempts to steal a ' i S' body." tf fi "AVe Fl,all keep right on asking bids U !, ' won the property," eaid H. fj. Durant. j Mr i ihalrman of the civil rommilr'je whli-h"" i i I, I IR trying to sell the cenmterv. "Tlie J 'Ijl j jovernment 1 liehlnd us." |