Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-23
aN MOAN ROMANCE.
a Greek Chieft.,a Married TO q Washing
tou Woman

was inston Post.l
About ths list oil January a delegation
or Creek Iudlsns arrived IN Washington,
One og them VA Ispahecher, al Indian
whose name lad coule into sudden nOtori-
ETY. ali over else United Sstes. tie had
So up a rival claim 60 tee head or the
Greek Nation. and Indian. like had en-
deavored 10 assert his claim hy shting.
he came up O. " asting on fresh from the
war-parh, and the war OF tomahaWks be-
came war OF words in the Interior De-
partmsnt. A. last Secretary Teller re-
fused 10 recognize his cl cl.-ns ard aid that
Chscots VAS h. chef OF the Nation. The
disappointed claimant was then free 70 20
home.
But Ispahechar hal formed boon for
his wounled spirit. tie was m love. He
had been taken by Fri nj 70 a house on
Ohio avenue. between Thirteen and-a half
and Fourteenth stree =, and introduced 20
a Mrs. narrower, woman who Is a de-
scendant OF a Cherokee Indian. Mrs Har-
rover was pleasant, but she had daugh
ter abou, twenty-five years old who was
pleasanter. Ispahecher was impressed at
first sight. Mrs. Narrower earned her liv-
ing by mani pa atiug clothes in a wash-tub,
and in the performance OF her daily avO-
cation frequently visited the fremont
House. where lspahecher was dom,ched
Then the plot thickened, and the courtship
OF the two waxed warmer. They became
engaged, although exactly how no one
seems % know. The language of love was
their only means OF communica ion.
Ispahecher had .cided 10 leave Wash
ington on the l6th of June. an be wan Al
the mar iage postponed until just before
that date. tie was afraid it would gst n
% the newspapers, b. spread over the
country and become known to his tribe
before he reached home. But the argument
of his Interpreter made him change his
mind. and the 4.h Of June was the date
fixed Las ght, therefore. at 7:3J
O'Clock, .tle party gathered IN the par
Tor OF the brides house. lie light Of a
solitary lamp fell upon the dark and stall
wart form OF the Indian standing in the
center Of the room by his white lride,
while her family stood over ssaiuss the
walls. 1Ee ceremony was performed by
Rev. Dr. Bartlett, o New York avenue
Church. 'W IL thou have tai. woman to
te thy wifef" be askei of lspahec or.
Then the interpreter, Mr. :. b. Callahan.
uttered series II cultural sounds. The
chief bowed his head aud answered If do"
in unintelngible Greek. The whole ser vice
wa thus Interpreted.
Ispahecher Is a fine specimen Of an In
diau--tall. heavily built, with black.
glossy hair and a fac which is deeply
furrowed. Re Is flfty-six years old. When
Interviewed. through the interpreter. by a
Post reporter after she ceremony. be said
tnat Indians were generally regarded as
poor. wandering. homeless creatures. He
had home and farm and plenty 20 live
on. He regretted exceedingly mis- inabil-
ity 20 speak English. bur he mad always
lived bacS in the country among the In
dians, and had not acquired the new
tongue, as others had. by mingling With
the whites. RE therefore felt lost ahong
English-speaking psopls.
Miss Alma Narrower. the bride il about
twenty-five years Of age. with pleasant
fsatsres. She wore neat drab dress and
said hut little during the interview. She
does not understand one word of her hus-
bsnps language. and he, a. stated. can
not speak ENGLISH. "How ara YOU going
to get slonxf" asked the Post reporter.
1--WE understand each other" she said,
smihngfv
Il should th-k they did, said the in
terpreser, "far they have been courting
each other Tor some months"
Ms. Ispahecher said she did not mind
going 70 fhe Indian Territory and was
perfectly willing 10 live thers.
In room beneath The parlor a table.
covered wirh white cloth and bearing two
plates ~ pain cake. told u the wedding
fssst which had followed the ceremony.