The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-05
THEIR CORY HONEYMOON.
Captive Indian Msidens XIII Their
Husbands on the Wedding Night.
From the Seattle Press Times.

Husoard DIS on the Wedding Night.
From the Semitic Press Times.
A ghastly but romantic Indian story has
come to light in the far west 1t was heard
by Edward Wanicut, mine owner OF
Coeur d'AIene, while sojourning among the
Klickitat Indians
Zone night" says Mr. Wanicut, $50 the
story is told, party Of KIickitats were at
tackled by party OF CCeur dAlenes return
ing from one of their pilgrimages of in
vasions. The Coeur d'Alene braves were
routed but not until they had carried off
three Klickitat maidens who were highly
priced by the warriors of other tribes be-
cause of their beauty, endurance and skill
in the preparation of food. The pursuit
was so hot that the captors found that it
would be necessary to release the Klickitat
women or adopt some stratagem. Three
young men of the tribe volunteered to bring
the captives to the Coeur d'Alenes, pro-
vided they were allowed to have them for
squaws.
1.-THE old chief reluctantly gave his con-
sent, as he had fully intended that at least
one Of the beautiful captives should brighten
his own tepee. 1t was better than to lose
them altogether, however, and the three
braves took the women TO a cave IN Palmer
mountain. From there they watched the
rescuing party on the plains below and
whed the young Klickitat girls saw their
people disappear on the trail OF the Occur
d'Alenes all their hopes of liberty
vanished. One of the captives was the
daughter of a medicine man and accus-
toned to handle and capture all kinds Of
reptiles, from which her esteemed and
highly Henerated ancestor was supposed to
brew his most healing potions. The maldens
appeared perfectly reconciled to their fato
and the Coeur d. Alene braves, with touch
of that vanity which is 30 frequently found
In his civilized brothers, imagined that the
the great personal beauty OF a Coeur d. Allen
had captured aud enthralled the hearts OF
the susceptible Klickitats.
THAT night there was a feast. for they
| had not neglected to store the cave with
feod and bear skins. The Klckitat girls
! laughed merrily. In Chinook the universal
Indian dialect, they carried on a sprightly
| conversation with the hated and despised
| Cpur d'Alenes and sang blithe songs for
their entertainment At last the feast was
over and the Indians. following the tribal
customs, married each other.
The last words of the simple and primi-
tive ceremony had scarcely been said when
almost simultaneously three terrified shrieks
reverberated through the cavern. In the
| couch of each warrior had been concealed
the deadly yellow rattlssnake and each
| Klickitat maiden had held each victim Sc
| oUrely until the venomous reptiles b. d
plunged their fatal fangs again aud again
into the flesh. Each couch was literally a
| den of snakes.
1.-THE Klickitat maidens were Immediately
put to death by the terrified Coeur d'Alenes
but they expected no less, as they had been
bitten by the rattlers Only one Of tbs
three Cpur d'AleneJ lived. and he wa
captured and burned at the stake near
where Fort Spokane now stands by the re
turning Klickitats.
THE tragedy was so unusual that thu
proverbial stoicism OF the Indian did no
restrain him from telling the facts Def ort
he was burned alive, and the Klickitat
put up the rude headstones OF which SPOKE
at the beginning of tae narrative.
"The tale Travelled from one tribe to an.
other, and even to this day it is a provert
among the CHur d Alenes that the embrace
of the Klickitat maiden is DEATH"