The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-11-27
A Young Indians Love.

THAT the course of true love never
did run smooth was again exemplified
here to-day in the trials of Richard
Black, a young Indian charged with
making false affidavit in order to pro-
cure marriage license, and also alb
Quoting Frances Margaret Taylor, a
young woman whom he made his wife.
The facts brought out in evidence are
these:
Richard Black belongs to the band
of Chippewa Indians settled at the viii
lage of Alderville, in the township of
Afnwick, in the County of Northum-
berland. Black has fifty acres of good
land of his own on the reservation.
He is about twenty-one years of age,
with intelligent features, and has re-
ceived very fair education, as the let
ter below indicates. He has been
working in the township as farm
hand and as brick-yard laborer.
Everybody speaks well of him. The
Rev. Mr.. Beatty, the Presbyterian
minister who performed the marriage
ceremony in question, says of the
young man in the evidences: "He APP
peared to me to be more intelligent,
more straightforward-in fact, he made
better appearance than half of those
who do come before me-" Black has
been paying attention to Frances
Margaret Taylor, the daughter of a
farmer in the same township, who
worked what is called the Mission
Farm, and also farm of his own not
far of. She was born November Ii,
1868, consequently she is now within a
month of sixteen years of age. She is
said to be good looking, of progresses.
ing address. and of well-developed
proportions, which led the clergyman
to believe her to be eighteen years of
age. The charge against the prisoner
was that he willfulIy committed per-
jury in making an affidavit that the
girl was eighteen years of age, and
that he had her fathers consent fol the
marriage. The license issuer proved
the affidavit. The parents denied that
they had ever given consent, and the
clergyman testified to marrying the
couple on September Is, last. The
father said he had only once heard of
their keeping company, and he then
forbade it. The parents knew nothing
further till the daughter was missed
about three weeks ago, and the window
of her bedroom found open. The
prisoner was found guilty on the Sec
ond count. The following letter came
out on the trial:
ALDERvILLE, September II, 1879
DEAREST FRANK: Having gone to Cob0urg
yesterday, regret to say failed to procure, y; =
license. got everything ready put , me y,
cense. The reason was because the ncensc
issuer said that your parents musI Auow ".
our starting before he could issue Incense, or
Otherwise must swear an oath tnat we arr
both twenty-one years of age. But was tax.
Ing to some men that know something about
the law. They said that 1t was not aDsoiutey
necessary that the girls parents should know
Of the marriage, for did not tell VINO the girl
was. However, am going to try another
place for the license. After failed TO get q
license in C pbOurg yesterday, says to the
marria-gelicense issuer Well, II cannot get
what demand of you," says - can trust
the girls honor that she will wait patiently
till We are of age" "Well," says he, If she
waits till she is twenty-one years Of age, can
no md take you in spite of your parents" As
For me would Willingly wait i We cannot do
before you are Of age! But II you really love
me, you will willingly wait. As for me, love
YOU above any person in this world. And now,
to change the subject, am going to Hastings
and CampbellfOrd to-day, 80 when come back