Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-12-25
THEIR ANCESTORS wnnn JEnUs
The Red Maidens of TatnalI Street Ar.
From the Eastern Sho' and Not the
Black Hilis--Their Relationship to Sit.
ting Bnll a Ghost Dance Story.

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From the Eastern sho' and Not the
Black Hilis--Their Relationship to sit.
ting Bull Ghost Dance Story.
The statement that there are two
nieces Of Sitting Bull living in this city
is on investigation story of most leg.
endary character and hardly worth seri
GUS consideration.
The alleged nieces of the late Indian
chief reside at No 241 Tatnall street.
| One is Mrs. George w. Leonard, thu
wife of Point Comfort waitress, and
| the other is Ella Brown, the daughter of
Joseph Brown, Baltimore stevedore.
well known at present among his race
Of that city.
Mrs George w. Leonard is the daugh
Ter of Mrs. William J. Leonard, who
lives with her husband at No Gil
Christiana street, this city. She is Mr.
Leonard's second wife. He is an csti
mablo, industrious man, who follow
calcimining as a business. He was i
soldier for 81 years. The family rela-
lions between Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
senior and Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard junior
are explained in the following manner:
A son of Mr.. Leonard senior by his frs
wife was married to the daughter Of
Mrs. Leonard, senior, by her first mar
riage; this is Violina, one of the alleged
nieces of Sitting Bull, living at No. 2li
Hatnall street.
As to her own history, (Which in itself
would appear to contradict the Indian
connection), Mrs. Leonard, senior, Of
No Gil ,latnall street, says her father
was John Lewis Cammaek, a hack driver
Of Baltimore, where he carried on that
business for at least 40 or 80 years. liz
lived in a small house, No. Gt2 Short
street, which he owned. He died one
year ago last Thanksgiving, aged so
+ years. His daughter, Mrs. Leonard
senior, was at the funeral. Her hus.
band also knew the old manyery we'll.
Cammack was well known in Baltimore.
lie came 10 that place when he was
about 10 years Of age, and lived there
ever since.
Ella Brown (the second alleged niece
of Sitting BulD the daughter Of Joseph
Brown, the Steyedore, was born in Bal
timore. She is the daughter of Mrs.
Leonard, seniors, sister.
Mrs. Leonard, seniors, mother, Mrs.
Gammack, is yet alive She lives in Bal
timore with her brother stephen, who is
hackman, following his fathers bust
ness. The old lady is 70 years Of age
When her daughter last saw her she
lived on Shaw street, but it is under
stood has moved from that place since
When told of the statements appear
ing in a morning paper, she said, referr-
ing to her daughters and niece's stories !.
"Oh they've got it all wrong" Mrs.
Leonard then went on to relate how
that certain old Indian stories have
always been in the family. Her father
used to tell them long ago. In certain
old manuscript belonging to the family
the name Of the Indian chief, Sitting
Bull, is mentioned. That fact in kind
of legendary way has evolved and estab-
lished through the continuous telling of
the story, some faint claims to family
connection. 1t is told also how the
fathers hair was perfectly straight. He
and his wife are mulattoes, as "white as
white people,
Mr.. Leonard, ST., also in his soldering
days had experience among the Indians.
When Sitting Bull was here with Buff
falo Bill the two girls went to the Indian
camp. But whether they received recog-
milton from the Indian aristocrat cannot
be ascertained.
The two nieces were also seen by a
representative of the EVERY EVENING.
They maintain the most persistent 81
lence in regard to their antecedents.
The younger girl, Ella, has all the
typical Indian stolidity with great
deal OF the aboriginal physique.