San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-03
HOW SIOUX MAKE LOVE.

If "The Girl Left Behind Me"
should be played for the Sioux dele
CATION in B street, they wouldn't APP
preciate the delicate sentiment, a.
though the thirteen all left wives
behind them. There isn't bachelor
or a widower in the whole lot, and
some of them have more than one
wife.
High Hawk is the favorite OF all
the women who visit them. He was
very willing to talk yesterday about
his souaw. He made no attempt to
use English, but told in Sioux, with
many smiles, what q fine squsw Lit
tie Hawk was. He expressed the
greatest admiration for her beauty
and when asked to describe her said
she was like the lady in whose house
they are stopping. AS she Is q plump
CHEEKY woman, weighing about Us
pounds and less than feet tall,
High Hawks idea Of beauty can be
readily gagged.
Little Hawk Is very brave, so her
lord says. Five girls in his village
were hurt in q fight, but Little
Hawk was not among them. She 10
about 81 years old, and there are
five smaller Hawks. The oldest is at
Miss Goodale's school, SO he says,
and the mother is taking care of the
rest. When he goes away she gets
angry, but this time she cried very
bitterly, and 80 did all his folks, and
all the squaws wept, too. High
Hawk thinks she will be cheap glad"
when he gets back.
High Hawk had been to the thea
ter, and said some of the women he
liked and some he didn't. Some
dresses he objected to. On the night
he went to see the Merry Monarch,
High Hawk was an object for inspec-
stemmed roses, presented to him by a
lady during the day, pinned on his
coat, and 1t was with great regret
that he consented to take wreath of
off his head to wear his hat.
High Hawk said some Indian girls
you had TO ask one, two, three times,
others just say yes right away. High
Hawk had courted numerous girls
and proposed, only to be- refused, un-
til he asked Little Hawk. He thought
he would like to carry her, when he
went back, a bag. All the women
here, he said, had them in their hands
on the street. Just what she will do
with 1t may be debated, but Little
Hawk will have an opportunity to ex-
pertinent with shopping bag when
her husband returns.
American Horse tries to make him
self very agreeable to all the lady
visitors, and is particularly fond of
shaking hands, as, indeed, they all
are. If one wife were blessing, then
American Horse were dou bly, blessed
since he Is possessed Of two squaws,
whom he had married before such
marriages were declared unlawful.
He calls them Jennie and Julia, and
they live together in perfect peace,
and never get jealous in the least,
because American Horse keeps the
upper hand of both. Julia is the older
and according to all accounts her
husband is waiting for the death of
one before he can join the church, of
which he processes to be convert.
American Horse seems to be in
search of general information, and is
never satisfied till he finds out If the
lady visitors are married or single,
and if they prefer red men or white
men. AS Indians 60, old American
Horse is o very agreeable sort of an
Indian.
Spotted Horse wanted to show how
he courted his wife; so did Spotted
Elk; 80 did Big Road; and, while the
reporter wanted to find out about
Mrs. Spotted Elk, Spotted Horse was
altogether too determined looking an
Indian, and he captured the floor.
Spotted Horse ordered the interpre-
ter to see that just what he said was
written down, and would not proceed
till he saw note book and pencil.
He described how a girl puts paint
on her face and beauties herself be-
fore she goes out to meet her lover.
Then he said to her:
ave seen you, and like you. My
heart is full of you. I'm glad to see
you to-day"
And then, if the girl reciprocates
this sentiment, and is willing for the
discussion to continue, she gives him
8 kiss.
Spotted Horse thereupon proceed
ed:
What I've got belongs to me, and
what you've got belongs to both of
US. AL of our young men are some
brave: oil of our young women are
some beautiful, but there are none
like you. You are better, that's why
/ like you. What Pm telling you is
true; I'm not lying to you. 1 love you,
and you must think of me and see If
you will marry me-"
All this time Spotted Horse was
talking as briskly with his wand as
with his mouth, and seemed to be
getting really in earnest. 1t was in
quite interested tones that he went
on:
i've seen lots of girls, but never
seen one like l love as you. l want