Show fontanelle the omaha chief A correspondent of tile the missouri democrat al at wolf river biyer kansas territory writing u rider under date of august ath gives the ahe following account of the tile death of a celebrated indian chiet who seems to have hare been worthy 0 to o be classed with uncas king philip and tecumseh logan Font Forita anelle duelle chief of the has just been slain sain arid and scalped scalded at loup forkl fork by a band of sioux loan logan was a noole dello follo fellow wand and in this his last mortal conflict lie he dispatched several of the enemy to the spirit land before to herald the tile comin coming Y of his own brave soul soui he lie fou fought ailt long desperately desperate lyt and with great effect but numbers finally overcame him and aud ili lii his hit life departed through a hundred wounds he ile died a for his people and his name should be carved upon fames brightest tablet he ile was on his annual hunt with lis his nation A liui 1111 number aber of hla hia N lodges were pitched pit clied upon the plains near loup fork As a young warrior one day rode around the tha adjacent hill lie espied a powerful band of sioux encamped along a stream ili in a sequestered vale yale ile he hastened to inform logan of the proximity and power af their natural foe T i logan ordered his people to pack immediately and proceed p in a straight strai glit line and with all speed for home while he would remain behind and di vert the hie sioux by false camp fires and other devices irom a direct pursuit of them tin this s was about twilight the people got under way As quickly as poi pol ble but not too loo t oo 00 soon for scarcely had bad they turned a highland when several sioux warriors came ili in sight and discovered the place of their recent encampment they egami examined hed ned it and found that had been there and then they returned to notify heir chief and bring an adequate force to pursue and sl slaughter them logan from a hiding biding place saw raw and arid knew that no time was to be lost ili in drawing their attention from the tho trail which they would soon discover and follow and mounting ills liis horse he dashed away at full speed across the prairie at right angles with the route his tribe had taken and struck a fire about 8 miles distant on an eminence where the sioux could distinctly see it ile lie had Ec scarcely arcely done so before a powerful band baud were upon the spot that he and his ills people had so lately left and who without stopping to distinguish the trail started for the fire which they saw raw I 1 rising against the he clear bluesky blue sky and arid where they expected in another moment to imbue their hands in the gore of their unguarded victims but logan had not been unwary As s soon as the fire was lighted I 1 he lie again mounted and rode on 8 or 10 miles further and kindled another fire just le as they reached the first this rather bewildered red them they dismounted and examined the tho ground lognin anticipating iffa taj had haj trotted and walked his horse around it spas so as to make tho the upon the grass of timm tim treading edding tr of at dozen ibis this drew plyn rlyn into tile thy belief it n bins sins n loo ild iid d and kindled till tl iHre fire and then gone gobe conj seethe sa new gire fire burning and so they hollowed iol lol owed luned with renewed avidity the tho same tarns thing happened ed as be before fore lore I 1 lau louan had gone on and another fire met their astonished astonish ird ivd gize while the same frame sott soft of footprints fool paints t were about tho tile one around which IlieV they wore wire were now I 1 gat gathered gal hered their suspicious were now awake lied tied they examined the tile ground inore more cicely ate ay loth both I 1 far arid and near and a sote sowe rylous binau hig big thle thie them ili liv au k W wt it was for the tile sole purpose of leading them off from fro i lie pursuit of the thearty arty whose e dhe ril they I 1 lad lidd girst first dis dip discover discovered coverd fd i 1 log lopin in sav av thein going komg goa gia I 1 torches and understood their object of jet alil aill kaw artt tint ilat his 0 only ily liy chance of or safety afi ari waa 11 i 1 liis ills minne mirre his is hollia an d hf lit fo u rj liar fitio tha rby ild e tia ar cout coutu retrace ib awra gir wal way to t their 11 ely place phee ar starten ani and mid find their his popl p popi opi opio opla had taken n they bouli I 1 be letford tiie the tele reach i ori orl of Hang langer tr I 1 I 1 I 1 arii rr le sioux in ill the ay iy a alo aio I 1 so dibak into info sih st halier direr lands lauds the largest of V aich mos was saturn to return lidid pursue the Or and the oiher oilier taide p d ea vor to the olle who ulio hed nimfy iii lit 1 teni trl thi n I 1 they tiey that lie lio must be ali nii uil ull oln din Oin dia lw ina lna tia ind tid that he would either dither go furll further ee 1 nii all and I 1 kindle adother watch fire or start starl for his ullon ulion in iti a 6 uie nie sand ians one pirty party went on oil a 11 litle to further furt ller lier t and the other spread out tb llie ille olalla coui court try try forthe for alie purpose of t iuni tuni in lagan forward as as lus jus aled steed bear him until lie in thorr thour thought lit ut ilg ii kad had entirely eluded them but bl ut a ai the ahdar day da rim ria dim iv 1 besaw ls ilis p pursue u ribs rs rii clie cile close upon tip lip lils ills track trach ile rie 1 turned tu his courte courto o for 2 il a ravise which be dist figu abed at a 64 delince lince 1 ilce tice covered with wilh trees und and tir growth ile lie succeeded in liu ili reaching keach just within its verge he tie met an indian am cirl LI water from froni a spring SW shi was start lerl and J ut to cry for help heip when he lias ilas tily ass tired her that ho he needed protection protect i oil and und d assistance sl with the true instincts of or noble woman she sha appreciated p lii hi situation in in an instant and all her sympathies were with him slie site directed farn io toi digi go to a small email n bower to she pointed him in ill the verge of th the e woods while she sha would mount liis his horse ai and id lead lii ill pursuer pursuers away lib lie obeyed her hr and slie elie mounted hit hi horse and dashed on oil ili in a serpentine way ahr through baugh the lle ile lie woods leaving marks along the brushes by abich M she could be traced the pursuers pursue is soon followed when she elie had bad got some soffie di distance stane down tile the bran branc cli ii she e lode iode into the water and ana followed follow e d its descending course for a fea ton step steps mak mal making inglieri her horse touch his sides and hen tilen leave fogt prints in ili that direction irecia and then turned up the bed bad of the stream and rode above the place at which she entered it without leaving a trace and back to tow tou here logan v was as concealed sherold she told him to mount and speed away while his pursuers were going ili in a contrary y direction down the ravine lie ile did so and gota long lone distance out of sight bight and again thought himself lihn self seif out of dang r when ili in a valley just ili in front of or him bim him he SAW 50 braves coining up the idil lill and slid meeting ting him they were some of those who were returning from the pursuit of his people lie ile charged ili hi direction and tried to escape but his poor horse was too much exhausted to bear tear him filin with sufficient peed speed I 1 with savage yells they plunged their rowels in ili th their e ir horses sides and gained upon him As tile fore foremost in ot t approached within good shooting distance logan turned suddenly and sent a bullet through his ili lii brain then than loading iia iba lia ding as Ps he galloped on oil he lie soon after inake another bite the dust and ithen then another and arnd another until four were strewn along the plain just then however es lie ha was again reloading his horse stumbled and fell and aid tile the band rushed u upon poll him before lie had hacell well weli recovered from the shack ile he was shot with bullets and nn roars cirs and gashed with tomahawks f and pierced with lances notwithstanding all w elih lilb he lie arose amidst his foes and with his llis clubbed rifle ann hunting knife inife ile he piled around him five prostrate bodies bodlos and fell with his bis back upon their corpses and und expired still fighting he was scalped scalded ped and hii hil hundreds of warriors held a great war dance over him thus logan fontanelle departed and his noble nolle spirit was followed to the spirit land by the sighs un und and d lamentations of ills nation and lle lie ha thie thic and aspirations oe of the brave of every land laud |