Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29
"LlrrLE SURE SHOT,"
innic Oahley's Husband Fell In Love
Through Her shooting.

innic OahIey's Husband Fell In Love
Through Her shooting.
| No American woman has ever received
more attention from the royalty and
the nobility OF Europe than Annie
Oakley, the rifle shot
The prince and princess of Wales have
shown her particular attention. and she
has magnificent Jewels that were gifts
from the various queens and princesses
whom she has met
She has been with Buffalo Bill eight
years, and is very fascinating audsun-
assuming parsonage, in spite of the
fact that she Is not educated; IL was
quite the thing for society people in
London to go TO the wild west and
there cougregate in AnAle Oakley's
tent.
In spite of her questionable grammar,
she is bright and winsome conversa-
tionalist She is twenty-six years old,
and is Quaker by birth.
She was born in log cabin in Ohio,
and was married at fifteen TO Frank
Butler, country youth, the marriage
being a singularly happy one
There was quite little romance. too,
connected with her marriage. Butler
was then twenty-five years old and a
celebrated shot in his state. lie had
been shooting at some county fair
when some one from Woodland, Annie
OalSley's town, said "You Jest ought
90 meet party know, who can shoot
all round ye," and n match was made
for a small sum then and there.
Mhnr hn 4 f.,r Nha uhDANfnar
the country people collected from far
and near, for they were proud of their
girl shot
Butler was waiting impatiently,
when n cart was driven up in which
sat a woman and little slim slip of n
girl in a gingham sunbonnet She
was freckled and barefooted, and as
she hopped down brislsly Butler asked
who she was as everybody was look
ing at her.
80, she's the shot you're to meet"
some one answered, and that was the
first intimation the country champion
had of his meeting woman.
The match took place, and the little
freckled-nosed girl shot all around the
champion and won the stakes, what
ever they were
IL set Butler TO thinking, and the
next day he drove around and asked
the girl who had beaten him TO be his
wife; they were married right away,
and for eleven years have been like
lovers.
Mrs. Butler dresses quietly and pref
tily, and never wears any of the costly
jewels she possesses.
She has shot with the prince of
Wees, aud has scores of gold medals
that she has won in matches with
mobiles.
She was at the worlds fair with the
Wild West, but is now living at Mutt
ley, n. j., in a pretty home that she
and her husband have bought.
Her Quaker mother still lives on the
little Ohio farm, and has everything
that money can buy.
sitting Bull" after seeing her shoot
at St Paul, gave her the name of
'Watanya Cecilia" or Little Sure
Shot She has performed some OF the
most remarkable feats with the rifle.
At one time she shot a tcn-cent piece
held between the thumb and finger of
a man thirty feet away; and in 1855
she shot at five thousand glass balls in
one day, loading the guns herself, and
breaking out OF that number of balls
four thousand seven hundred and sew
enty-two.
She can shoot while riding a horse
at full speed over tall hurdle, and
can perform other remarkable eques-
trienne feats.
And what makes all these things
seem so remarkable is that she is such
little, slim. girlish-loolSing creature.
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