St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-25
anght to read and write by the Episcopal

Taught to read and write by the Episcopal
missionary. Tom, tom. tomity tom"
went the baibaric drums In the valley, the
noise growing more internal as we drew
/ nearer. Either within or just without of
each rude tent government kettle was
smmering and stewing over log fires, and
fat puppies. and great pieces OF beef were
being reduced to an eatable condition. Not
only the whole tribe. but the entire nation
was interested in the evenings event. and
| delegates were present from all the bands
| of the Dakotas and Lakotas fittingly to
honor the marriage of their
HEREDITARY QUEEN,
the last surviving member of the royal
family of the Sioux.
Like the Six Nations, the Dakotas in
their days OF strength and power were be-
meath the undivided sway of single ruler,
in whose hands lay the arbitrament of war
and peace. life and death. ''Old Smoke"
as he was known to the whites. was the
last of his line, and he passed away with
the dignity of savage and king in 1859,
lamentng only that of all his wives but one
had borne him a child. and that a female.
But as he was breathing his last, with his
eyes resting upon the blessed Standing
Rock, and his thoughts turned to the tabled
pleasures of the happy hunting grounds,
they brought him his newborn daughter.
The infant smiled in the face of her stern
and battle Scared sire, and some soft senti-
ment stirred his breast. "Weah wash-tay,"
he murmured patting her cheek. and his
spirit passed into the Valhallah of the
brave who fear not death. So Weah-wash
tay they called her. and she grew up in
truth 1.-The Beautiful One" Exempted by
birth to some extent from the drudgery
which makes up tine life of the ordinary
squaw. she developed all the 1.-THE and
graceful characteristics of her race and be-
came the pride of her nation. In the
freshness of her young, free and I'M
trammeled womanhood brave after
brave recounted his deeds of prowess and
sought her hand and heart. but one by one
they fell away. repulsed in disdain. After
the days of sudden foray and prolonged
conflict had ended, and when the Ogallalas
were gathered at Pine Ridge. there came to
the camp young man who had been APP
pointed clerk to Agent Irwin. His name
was Jordan, and he was brother of Maj.
Jordan. gallant officer OF the United
States regular army. Struck with the girls
appearance he
SOUGHT HER OUT,
and eventually, strange as it may seem,
grew paSsiOnately in love with her. Some
maiden instinct or the training of the mis-
sionaries had kept her pure and she would
listen to no proposal save that of a Chris
tian marriage. The council of the tribe,
who were her guardians, had granted the
young white mans request. and the night
before Christmas was to see the twain made
one.
Evening came on apace, and with it the
wedding guests by thousands, most OF them
in all the glory of blankets, paint and feath-
ers. What a motley gathering it was!
Among those present. as the society reporter
might say. l recOllect the following: Gen.
Hammond, United States Indian Inspector;
Capt. johnson. U. S. A; Maj. MOyniban,
q. s. A; Lieut.. French. u. S. A; Mr..
Blanchard. ex-speaker of the Nebraska leg
is lature, but at that time the keeper of
trading post; Richard Dear. famous from
tiersman and freighter; Maj. Frank North,
chief of the Pawnee scouts during the war,
and a partner of Buffalo Bill; Richard
Irving, of the famous Philadelphia lrvingS,
better known from his skill as rider as
''Broncho Bill" Mr.. and Miss Garnett. the
half-breed son and daughter of the rebel
Gen. Garrett who had been educated in
Paris, but preferred their mothers people
to the trammels of civilization; Agent and
Mrs. Irwin, Mach peah-leutah (Red Cloud.
the wise man OF his tribe; Oldham Afraid
Of His-Horses and his equally gallant young
son, Young Man Afraid Of II S-HOrSeS:
American Horse; the Swimmer. who. drawer
than the historic three at the Roman bridge