The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-23
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II ton Woman.
About the 1st Of January 5 delega.
tion Of Greek Indians arrived IN Wash
/ ington One Of them was Tspahecher.
an Indian whose name had come into
sudden notoriety ali over the United
/ States He had set up q rival claim to
the head of the Greek Nation, and
Indian-like had endeayored to assert
his claim by fighting. He came to
Washington fresh from the Warpath, and
the war of tomahawks became war
of words in the interior Department.
At last Secretary. Teller refused to
recognize his claims and. said that
Checote was the chief Of the nation.
The disappointed claimant was then free
TO go home "a
But Ispahecher had found balm for
his wounded spirit He was in love.
He had been taken by friend 20 .
house on Ohio avenue, between Thir-
teen-and-a-Half and Fourteenth streets,
and introduced to Mrs. Narrower, a
woman who is . descendant of Chero-
kee Indian. Mrs. Narrower was pleas
ant. but she had daughter about Is
years old who was pleasanter. Isahech-
er was impressed at FIRST sight Miss
narrower earned her living By nanipu-
lating clothes in wash-tub, and in the
performance of her daily aYocation
frequently visited the fremont House.
where Ispaheeher was domiciled. Then
the plot sthickencd, and the courtship
of the two waxed warmer. They be-
came engaged, although exactly how
no one seems to know. The language
of love was their only means of COM
munication.
Ispaheeher had decided to leave
Washington on the 10Th of June, and
he wanted the marriage postponed un-
til Just before that date. he was afraid
it would get into the newspapers, and
be spread over the country, and be-
come known to his tribe before he
reached home. But the argument OF
his interpreter made him change his
mind, and the 4th of Juno was the date
fixed. Last night, therefore, at $50
o'clock, little party gathered in the
parlor of the brides house. The light |
of solitary lamp fell upon the dark |
and stalwart form of the Indian stand |
ing in the room by his white bride, |
while her family stood over against the |
walls. The ceremony was performed |
by tho Rev. DR.. Bartlett. of the New
York Avenue Church. swift thou /
have this woman to be thy wife?n he
asked of Ispahecher. Then the inter-
prefer, Mr.. S. B. Callahan, uttered. q
series of cultural sounds. The chief
bowed his head and answered, Il do
in unintelligible Greek. The whole
raYvioo vuac fbuc intarprataH
Ispahecher is a fine specimen of an
Tndian-tall, heavily built, with black,
glossy hair, and face which is deeply
turred. He is Sc years old. When
through the interpreter,
by a Post reporter after the ceremony,
be said that Indians were generally re-
garded as poor, wandering, homeless
creatures. He was not one of this kind.
He had home and a farm and plenty
10 live on. He regretted exceedingly
his inability to speak English, but
ne always lived back in the country
among the Indians, and had not ac-
1uired the new tongue, as others had,
1y mingling with the whites. He
therefore, felt lost among the English
speaking people.
Miss Alma Narrower, the bride, is
about 25 years of age, with pleasing
eatures. She wore neat drab dress
md said but little during the interview.
She does not understand one word of
Ter husbands language, and he, as
tated, can not speak English. How
ire you going to get alongP" asked
he Post reporter. eve understand
ZACH other.'' she said smilinglY
II should think they did, said the
'for they have been court
ng each other for some months. .
Mrs. Ispahecher said she did not
mind going to the Indian Territory and
vas perfectly willing to live there.
In a room beneath the parlor a table
overed with white cloth and bearing
wo plates of plain cake, told of the
Fedding feast which had followed the :
eremony. Washington Posi-,