The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-05
INDIAN GIRL SOLD
SAVAGE FATHER SELLS a SWEET
MAIDEN FOR FIFTEEN PONIES
Rosa Whiteface, by the Cruel Laws Of Her
Tribe, Traded to be Second Wife of an
Old Red Skin BrOther-in-Law for a Lot
of Neasly Horses--She Resents it and
the Good People of FL Reno Will Pay
Her Expenses to Washington to Make
an Appeal to Grover. From Whom She
Expects Justice.

Grover Cleveland will be accosted in
a few days with a young and pretty
Arapahoe squaw from the Indian Ter
ritory who is going to Washington and
the White House on purpose to make
personal appeal TO him TO save her
from a fate which she looks on with
terror.
Rosa Whiteface has been sold to
a greasy Indian, 81 years old, the nus
band of her sister, to be his second
wife, and the price agreed upon with
her father for the sacrifice is fifteen
ponies.
Rosa is at present a pupil in the
Caddo Indian school near Fort Reno,
O. T. She is II years old and is pro-
nounced bright and handsome by those
who have seen her Some people be-
lieve there are 10 pretty Indians eth
er male or female, but these people
have not seen the younger generation
of Indians. They would change their
minds upon seeing the fair Rosa with
long black lasbes dropping modestly
over pair OF twinkling dark eyes
and long raven hair falling down
over her shoulders. AS she sits at her
| desk. neatly dressed, presiding over
her books, all who have seen her in
that position pronounced her hand
some. Cardinal Richelieu said that
the mate for beauty should be a man
and not a money chest, but old White
face probably never heard of the great
cardinal and if he did he paid no at
tention TO his philosophy of love or he
would not throw his pretty daughter
into the harem of a savage chief and
have her life and her hopes blasted
for fifteen measly ponies.
When the girl came TO the school a
few years ago wrapped up in blanket
and wearing mOccasins she was on
first sight like all developing proposes,
but the teacher TO whose class she was
: assigned peered deep into the little
walking bundle of greasy, smoky rags
and saw the fair cheek and bright eyes
of the girl. 'Ah, wild rose" said he
and ever since then she has been
known as Rosa. She made wonderful
progress in education and developed
remarkable aptitude TO learn the man
ners of civilization and in a few weeks
she will graduate. In her course of
study she has been taught the great
moral lessons of Christianity and
while matrimony never entered her
| head yet she learned that it was wrong
to have plurality of wives. When
she was informed that she was sold
her heart almost broke and with tears
in her dark eyes she went to Professor
Montgomery of the school and asked
him to protect her from such a fate
! The professor took up her cause and
1 inquired into the matter. He ascer-
tanned that the sale could be prevented
but on condition that she give up her
tribal relations and by giving up her
tribal relat ionS she would forfeit her
. head right to the trust funds of her
tribe besides a rich allotment of land
in the territory. The chivalry Of FL
Reno, however, has come to her relief
and a popular subscription has been
started there to get up a fund to send
her to Washington to make a personal
appeal TO President Cleveland.
Colonel Bryant of this city, who was
for years the commander of Fort Sill,
said yesterday that pOlygamy still eX-
lists among the Arapahoe Indians and
that the sale of a maiden for ponies
or beads was no uncommon thing. "Of
course they claim it does not exist"
said the colonel, "and so do the mormons
but it does and there are many in
stances Of it in the territories near
/ Fort Sill"