The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29

A Creek chIeftain Married TO a Washing
ton woman.

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About the 1st of January a delegation
of Creek Indians arrived in Washington
One of them was Ispahecher, an lndlan
whose name had come into sudden no
toriety all over the United States ne
had set ND a rival claim to the head OF
the Creek nation, and Indian-h like had
endeaycred to assert his Cl Tim by Tight
ing. He came up to Washington fresh
from the war-path, and the war OF
tomahawks became q war OF words III
the Interior Department. At last sec
retary Teller refused to recognize his
claims and said that Checote was a
chief of the nation. The disappointed
claimant was then free to go home.
But Ispahecher had found a boon for
his wounded spirit. He was in love-
He had been taken by a friend to a
house on Ohio avenue, between Ihlr-
teenth- and "a Half and Fourteenth
streets, and was introduced to Mrs. Har-
rover, a woman who is a descendant OF
a Cherokee Indian. Mrs Narrower was
pleasant, but she had a daughter about
twenty-five years old who was pleas
enter. Ispahecher was impressed at
first sight. Mrs. Narrower earned her
living by manipulating clothes IN a
washtub, and In the performance OF her
daily avocat1on frequently visited the
fremont house where 1spahecher was
domiciled. Then the plot thickened,
and the courtship of the two waxed
warmer. They became engaged, al
though exactly how no n seems to
know. The language of love was their
only means of communication.
~Ispahecher 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 wei 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 z 80 o'clock, a
little party gathered in the parlor OF
the brides house. The light of a soil
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. DIR. Bartlett of New York.
avenue Church. Twill though have
this woman to be thy wife?" he
asked of Ispahecher, 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.
Ispahecher is a fine specimen of ar
| Indian-tall, heavily built, with black
glossy hair, and a face which is deeply
furrowed. He is ffty-six years old,
| When interviewed, through the inter
prefer, by a Post reporter after the cere
mony, he said that Indians were gen
orally regarded q poor, wandering
homeless creatures. He had a home
and a farm and plenty to live on. III
regretted exceedingly his inability t.
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 tn,
whites. He therefore felt lost among
the English-speaking people.
Miss Anna Narrower, the bride, il
about twenty-five years of age, will
pleasant features. She wore a nea
drab dress, and said but little durin,
the interview. She does not under
stand one word Of her husbands Ian
guage, and he as stated cannot speak
English. "How are you going to ge
along?" asked the Post reporter. w
understand each other" she sai'
smilingly.
g / should think they did, said th
interpreter" "for they have been court
ing each other for some months"
Mrs. Ispahecher said she did not min'
going TO Indian Territory, and wa
perfectly willing to live there.
In a room beneath the parlor a tabl
! covered with a white cloth and bearin,
two plates Of plain cake told Of the wed
ding feast which followed the ceremony
Washington Post.