The morning call., 1891-01-04

psrIect themselves in the Indian tonqna
III, nc entire tribe henceforth will LOOK to
.neIh Ior explanations of the conduct of
LILY, uanea Mnlte men, and as soon as nos sihle
make them and their wives their ;pta, o,oao
ters and their mediators 'oi plo-
=: again referring TO ancient Israel wa m
uce tnat certain Levite married a womn ~
OF Bethleham. Judah, and that, notwith-
standing she was his wife and he bimsai,
named in the records distinctly as her hmsi
oand, still our translation calls her his con-
cubne. o0"-
There are several similar interesting in
termarriages between whites ana Indians.
For example: An old and distinguished
1r0ntlersman, whose name, should / repeat
it. would at once be recognized, was mar
RED after the Indian ideas of fashion. The
pair had child, little girl, born to them.
But for some reason the distinguished man
LETT his Indian wife, probably divorcing her
AFTER the Indian IDEAS and fashion. He then
married a lady of his own people and
has had since then large and beautiful
FAMILY The Squaw wife, after the separa-
uon from her husband, went back to her
tribe i'll Washington Territory, keeping the
chiid with her. The child, at about IA years
oi age, was discovered at Father ChiTause's
school at Iulalip, Puget Sound, by an en-
terprlslng Frenchman. He offered his hand
and was accepted, and the writer was priv
LEGGED to be present at the wedding. SO the
little halt-breed wth fair bit of education
started In sUon after as a housekeeper in
neat little cottage, which her lively husband
maintained by log work at a neighboring
mill. BefOreOur Father above 81 the squaw"
was doubtless like the concubine of the an
elent Levite, bona-fide WIFE Men, how
ever, who get so high up in the world as her
husband did were never called "squaw-
men, and often the fact of the Indian wife
IN later years has been mast carefully sup
pressed.
=, he son of one of our leading citizens. in
the wild days of his youth, thought it would
be surprising to his friends and gratifying
TO himself 10 be the husband of an Indian
girl. The maiden he selected was hrioht
ana handsome, could read and write little.
ana having Seen only the camp life of
frontier parties of white men, was fiattered
ana delighted and full of hope that she
could perform all the social conditions of
the young mans wife. After marriage, like
some other white men, he drank rather
freely OF whisky, his favOrite beverage but
unlike white grooms generally he induced
his bride to drink freely with him. The pair
visited the nearest city and soon over
turned all the ordinary staid customs of
that city. 1t took much ready money and
all OF It's abundant influence to keep them
out of the clutches of the law. For IA while
he lived the life of yeritabie 'squaw- man"
and doubtless might have been so adopted in
the Tribe as to have become chief and
have led thousands of them in their suisse
quent wars with the white Americans, but
his parents and friends interpoSed and
forced him to send the woman back to the
tribe. He too has since married white
lady and raised family. His first bride,
after that one spree into which he led her.
has not ceased to respect herself, and she
has managed TO live and work in good homes
ever since. Though circumstances made
this meSalllance. yet in our judgment the
first marriage was the valid one of which tha
slanu and tfa
woman, for a few days led astray by dis
sipaIed man, was superior to the ''squaw-
man."
A very able gentleman from an Eastern
city was attacked with a terrible disease
which dishgured his face. He may or may
not have been at fault. But at any rate, a
sense of deep shame came over him at the
sight and consciousness OF his misfortune
He soon aban loned civilized life and began
10 wander about among the Indian tribes;
he brought up at last near the Mojtve
Mountains of Arizona. lie attached him.
self to a small band that had sensible,
goUd-hearted chief. He married, it is un-
derst0od, into the royal family of the tribe
and has goodly family of boys and girls
living just as the Indians live. They are
nomadle. They live under the boughs of
trees. They plant little valleys In the
springtime with corn and potatoes. They
watch and herd bands of ponies They are
with the widest when on the warpath Our
poor friend, though OF high culture, man
ages to be an Indian with the Indians and
nothing more. He advises the chief, is
often his chief of staff. He takes the In
dams part in all quarrels with their white
neighborS; but manages quite often TO settle
difficulties amicably and so prevent out
RACES and bl0odShed. Just as soon as this
wild tribe is forced TO take up land and
have permanent reserve, our poor friend
will doubtless arrange, as so many others
have done, to get lou acres at least three
times repeated, assigned to his wife and
himself good house will arise in one
corner, and near by large barn. Oats and
barley will grow upon a part of his we'll
chosen acres, corn and hops upon another
part. Fences Will come. and orchards will
be inelosed. Artesian wells, pressed by the
neighbUring ridges into intense activity,
will afford his family water to irrigate and
plenty OF water to drink for his household
and the animals which roam more at large
with the common herd. This Is a type OF
the usual " sQuaw-man to be met with in
Arizona, New Mexico and among the Indi-
OF the interior In loving the Indian
women well enough to expatriate them
selves, they manage TO attain unto The COM
penSatl0ns.
The writer does not like the cognomen
"equaw-men; for if We define the term as
we have used it, to mean the husband of an
Indian woman, it has in our American
history touched the highest in the land.
Judges of the United States courts, mem
DerS oil Congress, Generals III the army,
officers of the general staff, most prominent
merchants and hundreds of citizens of the
first standing in the community where they
live.
Two things are usually asserted and be-
lieved in common frontier society One Is
that the man who marries squaw has de-
graded himself, and the other Is that the is
sue of such marriage is bad that is, that
half-breeds are bright and shrewd enough,
but deficient in moral character. This can
hardly be true as general statement.
Nearly all Of our Interpreters fur the Iu-