The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-02-25
CORNELIUS BouprNor.

n. Y. Heraif gives the following pleasant
notes concerning Cornelius Bondinot who
when young man. waa resident OF Man
chester where be attended Burr Seminary
Cornell" has lately taken uife and Il
absen, on bis wedding tour;
The greeting which the savage tribe
gave to Congressman Curtin. as the sue
cessor OF William Penn. had many drol
aspects that IL did not seem wise 10 touch
on. but the incident serves TO recall the
face and figure Of man 30 conspicuous in
the recent history OF the capital that nc
filter occasion could be found in which "a
refer to Elias Boudinot. champion OF the
Indian aud universal fayorite OF high liv-
ers. Senator Voorhees,. Of Indiana, dotes
on him; Judge Kelley and Governor Cur
tin never tire OF shouting his praises, and
everybody you meet in the lobby or 1t the
hotels sighs aud laments bis absence He
it is whom the Fall Sycamore Of the Wa
bash named The Gentle Savage. He ia
the savage OF my dreams. said Senator
Voorhees,. in his most enth usiastic vein this
morning 'Budy is born gentleman,
full Of rare bumor the best story teller
alive and the ruggedest. purest specimen
Of manhood that this soil has produced.
This is the first session for nearly gem
Grafton that Boudinot has not been seen
here NJ champion Of the aborigines. His
friends sigh and explain that he has re-
Gently married young wife. though he is
fully sixty. and thus account for his seem.
ing indifference to the crying cause Of hui
mani,y. His figure is SO we'll known on
Pennsylvania avenue that oil old Wash
ington people seek II in vain among the
crowds that hurry past. He has some
right and title TO defend the Indian. and
though OF late years he has grown his hair
long in summer that it might appear in
Buffalo Bill shape in the fall. the indica-
tions are that he will hereafter wear it
short. Boudinot was born in Georgia be-
fore the Cberokees went West. His father
was brother OF the famous General Stand
Waite, full blooded Cherokee. His
mother was Massachusetts school teach
er. The marriage came about in strange
way. A member OF Congress from one Of
the New England States named Boudinot
"a descendant, believe, Of Elias NJ. Bon.
dinot, the historian Of Bosquet's Expedi-
ton to Fort Du Quesne,' that used to be
read by boys) took fancy 10 this young
Cherokee brave when travelling in Geor-
gia He too.i him home with him aud
gave him an education. The grateful saw
age took his patrons name and married
Miss Harriet Gold in Massachusetts,. 1t
was a love match to which the ladys pa
rents streuuously objected, but in vain.
The young couple then returned to Geor-
gia, where the subject OF this sketch was
born. There feud arose that almost de-
siroyed the family. The Cherokees diyid.
ed themselves into the Ridges aud the
Roses. These two factions had an implac
able hatred for each others kill.on sight
dislike, in fact. Boudinot allied himself
with Stand Waite aud became Ridge.
In such frame Of mind the tribe removed
to the Indian Territory about 1882 or 1888.
One day tue Roses killed John Ridge,
Elias Boudinot and another member Of the
clan. The Rosses we're opposed to the re-
moval, II should have been stated, and
held the Ridges accountable for il. This
feud endured until the civil war broke
out. That distracted the thoughts OF the
two parties. Three sons OF the Indian and
the Massachusetts, school teacher were left
They were William b., who rose 10 q col.
onelcy in the Confederate army Elias Cor.
nelius four Gentle Savage, who served
in the Southern army on General Helm
mans staff and was afterwsrd delegate 10
the Confederate Congress, and Frank, who
was federal soldier and died since the re-
bellion closed. When the war came on
Elias G. aud Stand Waite (the brother OF
the formers father raised . regiment for
the Confederate service. Stand Waite
was colonel and Boudinot WAS major.
The latter then rose 10 lieutenant colo.
mel and thence passed into the Confeder
ate Congress Before the war he had read
law with A. M Wilson At Fayetteville,
Ark. and had been admitted 10 practice.
He edited the North Arkdasidn In 1860.
Boudinot is 10 favor OF the allotment OF
land, and he is not. therefore, very popu-
lsr with the Cherokees whom he claims to
represent. He was the first agitator Of the
Oklahoma leases He is now rich, owning
q two thousand acre rancho in the Terri |
tory, near the Kansas line, all under fence.
He has become an arboriculturist and has
some very fine trees. He is an earnest de-
fender OF the Indian and has brought doz-
ems OF suits 10 their interests, all the costs
OF which be has betrayed ont Of his own
bank account. II must not be forgotten
that be 10 the only Indian who is entitled
10 practice In the Supreme Court Of the
United States. Elias Boudinot is looked
Tor daily. His songs and bis recitstions
ring 10 many ears Familiarity, and many
dinner giver will be snIions for his com
pauy. Indian affairs have taken such
,hspe that the presence Of this profession
Il Indian patron cannot be deferred.
FREAR's GREAT BARGAIN.
Go At once TO Fresr's and secure some OF
hose wster damaged collars. cuffs and
shirts that are being carried OF for one