Deseret Evening News | 1907-07-26 | Page 8 | Three Gallant Indian Maidens

THREE GALLANT INDIAN MAIDENS They Stand Guard Over Graves Of Or Their Ancestors in Huron Cemetery Kansas City WILL SHOOT DESECRATORS They ril Claim the th Blood of if tho the Kings i t IVanco Flow In II Their Kansas I al ll City July 21 2 Helena Idaho unit 11 Llda Lisia LiIa Conley C sisters Bisters and dotte daIc Indians began nn an armed guard today over the tM graves Braves of or their th lr lors tor oral In In 1 sui Cht recently enly d sold by b the KOV go and threaten to shoot tho the first firl person who wh may mi attempt to re ro too the bodies Congress authorized nu h the said of ot the tho th CI tot set ct aside for to many years as ns asa n a n tribal Burial lurIal ground lid tt It division of ot the time money unions the tho remaining members ot of hid tho l W Wyandotte tribe removing tho the bodies Tho The ConIc Conley girls say tiny thuy y will wi not ot permit the tho t graves to tobe o be ho touched and they the today odny began erection of ot a n shanty upon thu out omit outskirts oUtskirts skirts of ot the time cemetery ls Helena Conley said aid From this time on one otie of ot tho the three Conley Conloy COlle sisters will wil bo 10 hero here In the th doj daI At night nil all three of ot us shall sleep hero here h re unit ann guard ard In this eeme cenne cemetery tory tery are burled buried 00 of t our ancestors The blood of o the tho indent ancient royalty ron l ot of Q France Hows O S In my r Sly My grand grandfather other father owned tho the whole holo state of o Ohio Why should hould w we not be proud ot our an nn ancestors ancestors co tors and protect their groVes graves gr Vos Wo We Ve shall do d It and woe be to tho time titan nun Ilan that first attempts nt to steal a body bodyl I I We shall keep right on asking bids I upon the property said sold II U I H D Dutant I chairman of hue tho civil civi committee c which IN la trying to sell tho th cemetery Tho The government Is behind us