Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-07-10
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Loohing fer squnw wife fn Kupzns.
Correspondence of the Cincinnati eazettcl
QuINDARo, KANzAs juno 9th.
Politics IN kanZas have degeneruted into petty
personal quarrels Lane men and anti.Lane
men, with all their little schemes of personal
advancement, have both become perfectly dis
gushing. Sick Of them, left civilization and
politics, Good Tetuplars and bringing saloons,
for the children of the forest
came over from Lawrence yesterday to
SarcoNl's, chief of the Delaware Indians Two
good looking Indian girls were sitting on the
porch when arrived. ] entered into conversa-
ton with them, and was getting along very
agreeably, when SarcoXi, the chief, came up
a big fat man, he had on nothing in the world
but shirt. 81 said-How do Captain?p He
looked some time before recognizing me, but Mt
last giving me his hand heartily, said, "How
do? Been to Washington" The Indians have
a knowledge of but two places -Kanzas and
Washington, and when one has been away from
the Territory for any length of time, they sup
pose, of course, that he has been to the capital.
On the road to Quindaro, was delayed at
the crossing of the Big Stranger, the bridge
having been carried away by the food. AT
cabin on the banks of the stream, l found anoth-
er Indian maiden, of bright copper color, with
cheeks beautifully painted with poke berries.
Her hair was almost red, showing a large adj
mixture of foreign blood. Nothing, however,
could induce her to talk. sat down beside her
and made remarks about her to my companion
She understood them, for when said anything
hattering to her personal appearances, she smiled
and when the opposite, she frowned, till at
length she got up as in huff and went out
doors.
A MORE PROMISING CASE.
~ short distance from Quindaro we passed
two Indian girls on gaily caparisoned horses
They galloped through town shortly after our
arrival, and at length stopped at the Brewery.
The bright eyes of one of them attracted me in.
Bare headed-her long black hair was somewhat
dishevelled; but she seemed none the less attrac-
tive for that. Her person was not scrupulOusly
clean, but she a child of nature, and clean
lineSs belongs to civilization. Observing that l
was admiring her, she came up, slapped me on
the back, aud said in good English, You treat
me" Who could resi- such an appeal? l
treated.
wYANDoTTE BEAUTIES.
Quindaro is on the Wyandotte Indian lands,
and there are Indian beauties around here in
every direction. The names Of some of them
are peculiar. Among them met Polly Big
foot, Mary Mud-eater, Susan Jonnycake, Polly
Between-the-logs, and Sally Spittre, The Wy
andOtte Belle lives two miles below here-a
bright eyed, round faced, chubby checked girl
of some % years, but afflicted with that black
sickness so common to white extraordinarily.
| imagined at first that her sombre mood
proceeded from a consciousness that her Indian
blood excluded her from white society, but
found it only an unrequited love. Indian girls
here of any ambition will not marry Indians,
for most of the men Of the tribe have become
drunken and worthless. They therefore turn
their eyes to white alliances, and TO be disap-
pointed in a white love is doubly painful.
TunsTlNG.
1t is sad to see how easily these girls fall
prey to dishonest white men. a white husband
is their highest ambition, and the white mans
whispered love is received by these children of
nature without the slightest diStrust Only
last week saw beautiful Indian girl just sent
home from school at Weston, in Missouri The
white folks thought her disgraced because she
had put faith in the word of white man. But
Indians regard these things differently. When
1 see her again, she will no doubt show me her
pappoose and be proud of it She trusted the
white man, he deceived her, and she feels that
the shame should be his.
WHAT NATIONS ISTERMARRY WITH THE INDIANS.
Tho admixture of blood among the Wyan-
dottes is curious. 1 know one celebrated beau
ty who is one-foUrth Irish, one-fourth French,
one fourth Virginia English, and one-fourth
Wyandotte Inlian. From the time of Poca-
hOntns, squaws have been rather in favor with
the F. F. VS., and the only English blood that
is found in these races, comes through old Vir-
ginia. French aud Irish blood is found very
frequently, and the Big Stranger OF some
other Kanzas stream affording broad bottoms
you occasionally see a big corn field, a mon
strouS barn and Pennsylvania Dutchnan with
a squaw wife The chance for big bottom
farm seduced him. G. II.
EARLY SHIPMENT OF PEACHES. boxes of
peaches of tine favor and appearance, from Kali
mia, Senth Carolina and two boxes from Wood
ward S. O., were received here by Saturday