Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-06-24
The Marriage of a White POetess to
Half.Bl00d Sioux Indian.

The following account of the marriage of
the poetess, Miss Elaine Goodale. to DR.
Chas. A. Eastman, the half-blnod Sioux
Indian, we copy from the New York Herald
of June 10Th =
s'The Church of the Ascension, Fifth
avenue and Tenth street, was the scene at
noon yesterday of very pretty and notable
wedding, the altar bei1g trimmed with
sweet June roses, tall white lilies and cool
g reen ferns and palms-all of which formed
pretty setting for the poeLess bride, Miss
E laine Goodale, daughter of Henry Sterling
G oodale, of No. 400 West Fifty seventh
street, who was welded to DR.. Charles A.
Eastman, of the Sioux tribe of Indians
The church was filled with friends of the
fair bride and a curious crowd who wished
to catch a sight of the bride aud her brave
lover.
The wedding march from "Loheogrin"
sounded as the bridal party moved up the
ceutre aisle to the chancel, where the
groom awaited them with his best man,
DR.. Crane, of Folklore, Mass.
AN IMPOSING PAGEANT.
The ushers were J. V. Van Santvoord,
Redington M. Dayton, Edward s.. Will
hanson and George Hiram Hitchcock,
classmat es of DR.. Eastman at Dartmouth
College.
Next to the ushers came the pretty
bridesmaids-Miss Dora Read Goodale,
| sister of the bride, wearing dress of maize
colored silk and chiffon and carrying yell
low roses, and Miss Rose Sterling Goodale,
another of the BRIDES sisters, in shell pink
silk and null, carrying La France roses.
The bride entered on her fathers ARM
She wore a beautiful dress of white otto.
man silk, made in Princesse fashion and
! trimmed with mousseline de sole and
orange blossoms; tulle veil fell over her
face and was fastened by half wreath of
orange blossoms. She carried fragrant
| white lilies of the valley.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. E. Winchester Donald, rector of the
church.
AS the bride and groom passed out of
the chancel the organ sounded out Men
delssohn's EMBEDDING March,
A reception for the relatives and init
mate friends followed at the BRIDES home
in the Windermere, No. 400 Vest Fifty
seventh street.
Among those present were Mrs. DR..
Elliott, Miss Van Santvoord, Miss Garrett
| and Mrs. Jackson, of Boston.
The bride is beautiful woman, about
medium height, with dark, expressive eyes
and wavy chestnut brown hair. Her
features are regular and her expression
very attractive. She was born on her
fathers place, Sky Farm Cottage, in the
Berkshire hills. She has rendered the old
homestead lannon's by her dainty pastoral
poems. "Apple Blossoms" TN Berkshire
with Wild Flowers and ssAll Round the
Year Verses from Sky Farm She identi-
fed herself with the cause of the Indians
by becoming government inspector of In
dian schools. She travelled over the Indian
country, visiting more than fifty schools.
THE GROOM.
there she was met, wooed and won by DR..
Charles A. Eastman, Of the Sioux tribe of
Indians, the Indian medical examiner. His
paternal grandfather was Captain Charles
Eastman. SO he is not full blood Indian,
as has been reported. His grandmother
was SO beautiful that she was called the
sDemi-Goddess of the Sioux
DR.. Eastman was educated at an Indian
school, then be went to Beloit College,
Wisconsin. Afterward he had the benefit
of an Indian scholarship at Dartmouth Col.
lege, whore he was graduated with honors.
He was appointed by the government Indian
medical examiner few months ago.
DIR. and Mrs. Eastman left yesterday
afternoon for the Berkshire Hills, where
they will spend their honeymoon. They
will attend the Indian Conference at Lake
Mohonk, afterward going to their home at
Pine Ridge, where the government is build
ingthem a house.