Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-28
TO WE'D A SIOUX.
Eagle Eye Comes to Claim His
Bride.
SHE IS A ROCK ISLAND GIRL

Falls in Love with Her While Here With
the kickapoo Indian Medicine Company
| He Returns to Take Her to Chicago
Where They VIII be Wedded-An Edu
| Gated Indian Who is a Credit to His Race
| story of His Life.
| An event that will not only attract
| n large amount of local interest. but
| Will also be of national note, will be
| celebrated in Chicago in the near
future. 1t will be The uniting in
marriage Of Eagle Eye, three
| quarter blood Ogalaila Sioux Indian,
TO quite n well known and respect
| able young lady of this city. The
| affair which is of course of some
| what romantic turn will attract wide
| spread interest not only on that ac-
| count. but also from the fact that
| Eagle Eye viii he the second man of
| his tribe ever united 30 n white
| woman. the other ,narriar re being hat
| of Dr. Eastman. who i 4 first cousin
10 Eagle Eye. to = Young lady of
| Boston, and which created SO much
| talk at the time.
They Mel Last summer.
| The beginning of this rather ro-
| mantle affair occurred last summer.
when the prospective Young groom
| was travelling with the Kickapoo In
dian Medicine company. which made
a few weeks stay here. They met by
| chance. but as is often the case a
genuine love affair sprang up. and be-
fore the company lett the ity the
| young man had determined that he
| should return and claim his bride.
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one trip to the city with the result
that ere many weeks the happy cere-
monv that uniteS them will have
| been performed in Chicago by Rev.
| Father Croftor. Il missionary once
stationed at the Pine Ridge. :. D..
agency. where the young Sioux re-
ceived his first teachings in the Ian
! guage of the whites. After their
marriage they Will return and make
| this city their home. where the
| groom viii establish himself in the
manufacture of Indian medicines.
\ Credit TO HIS Race.
| Eagle Eve is a well built. pleasant
appearing young man OF good adj
dress. not At all bad looking. and Is
ambitious to become a business man.
He was born At the PINE Ridge. :. d.
agency y wears ago. His father was
a sub chief and was killed in the
! Custer massacre. At the age OF 9
he was sent with Others To the Indian
school At Carlvslc. Pa. after finish
ING at which, he attended the Indian
| school at Philadelphia and also st.
! AnthonY'S Mission at Los Angeles.
Cal. After finishing his studies he
| returned to the reservation and later
| /, L Il IL
| European tour visiting the principa
! cities across the seas. afterward re-
| turning in time to act as scout and
interpreter during the recent out
break at Pine Ridge agency. Eagle
| Eve since then has been in the en-
| ploy of the kickapoo Medicine COM
| pany and was for a time employed
| in the office of the company at III
| West Van Buren, street Chicago. He
| writes a fine hand and like many
| others of his race he Is a natural
| artist though ne has never given
much attention to the latter
The Wedding Soon to Occur
| Eagle Eve is the only member of
| his family that is educated. He has
| two brothers older than himself with
the Buffalo Bill show, neither of
whom can speak English. His
| mother at first objected to his giving
up the manners and customs of his
| father, but since finding that he has
! progressed so far in the ways of the
whites she has also become enthusi-
astic and a short time ago sent the
| two younger sisters and a younger
brother back east, where they are
| now also receiving an education.
The young lady's parents made some
| objections at first. but since under
standing the matter, have demurred
no further and the consummation of
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