The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-08-22
AN INDIAN
A creek chieftain Married to a Washing
ton Woman.

ton woman.
About the LIST of January a delegation
of Creek Indians arrived in Washington.
One OF them was I~spahecher, an Indian
whose name had come into sudden no.
toriety all over the United States. He
had set up q rival claim to the head Of
the Greek nation. and Indian-like had
endeavored to assert his claim by fight
ing. He came up to Washington fresh
from the war-path, and the war Of
tomahawks became q war of words in
the Interior Department. At last Sec.
rotary Teller refused to recognize his
claims and said that Checots was the
chief of the nation. The disappointed
claimant was then free to go home.
But Ispaheeher had found a boon for
his wounded spirit. He was in love.
He had been taken by q friend to q
house on Ohio avenue, between Thir-
teenth-and-a-Half and Fourteenth
streets, and was introduced to Mrs. Har-
rover, a pms who is a descendant of
a Cherokee Indian. Mrs. Narrower was
pleasant, but she had o daughter about
twenty-five years old who was pleas
enter. Ispahecher was impressed OF
first sight. Mrs. Narrower earned her
living by manipulating clothes in q
washtub, and in the performance of her
daily ayocatlon frequently visited tile
fremont house where Ispahecher was
domiciled. Then the plot thickened,
and the courtship Of the two wa1ed
warmer. They became engaged, al
though exactly how no one seems to
know. The language of love was their
only means of communication.
Ispahecher had decided to leave
Washington on the 18th of June, and
he wanted the marriage postponed I'M
til Just before that date. He was afraid
it would get into the newspapers and be
spread over the county and become
known. But the arguments of his in
terpreter made him change his mind,
and the 4th of June was the date fixed.
Last night, therefore, at 7:30 o'clock, a
little party gathered in the parlor of
the brides house. The light of a soli-
tary lamp fell upon the dark and stall
wart form of the Indian standing in the
center OF the room by his white bride,
while her family stood over against the
walls. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. DR.. Bartlett of New York
avenue Church. xviii though have
this woman to be thy wife?" he
asked of I%spaheeher. Then the inter-
prefer, S. b. Callahan, uttered a series
of cultural sounds. The Chief bowed
his head, and answered, II do" in un-
Ineligible Greek. The whole service
was thus interpreted.
Tcno1oohor 10 n Goo ~~aonn. &c -.
Indian-tall, heavily-built, with black,
glossy hair, and a face which is deeply
furrowed. He is fifty-six years old.
When interviewed, through the inter-
prefer, by q Post reporter after the cere-
mony, he said that Indians wers gem
orally regarded as poor, wandering,
homeless creatures. He had q home
and a farm and plenty to live on. He
regretted exceedingly his inability to
speak English, but he had always lived
back In the country among the Indians,
and had not acquired the new tongues,
as others had, by mingling with the
whites. He therefore felt lost among
the English-speaking people.
Miss Anna Narrower, the bride, is
about twenty-five years of age, with
l'AOtobAp AC1puiCSs Sue WOI6 d ucuu
drab dress, and said but little during
the interview. She does not under
stand one word Of her husbands Ian
guage, and he as stated cannot speak
English. Glow are you going to get
along?" asked the Post reporter. Eve
understand each other" she said
smilingiy.
8 l should think they did," said the
interpreter, for they have been court
ing each other for some months"
Mrs. lspahecher said she did not mind
going to Indian Territory, and was
perfectly willing to live there.
In o beneath the parlor o table
covered with q white cloth and bearing
two plates Of plain cake told of the we'd
ding feast which followed the ceremony.
Washington Post.