The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-05-14
SAVED LITTLE ROSA
Continued from First Pase)

able to make a judge believe that mar
riages according to the Indian customs
are not legal anyway, and hence there
would be no bigamy. There Is one thins
certain that Captain Woodson chief or
police, with his four wives. will afford
an ample subject for a decision in the
question II this case Is brought up
TRIED To INTERVIEW ROSA
When your correspondent went TO
headquarters 10 interview Rosa White
face herself she evidently anticipated
what was coming and made herself
scarce the last thing seen about her
was the red RIBBON that tied her luxur-
ant hear as she entered the grove and
mingled with the throng OF blanketed
Indians and squaws who had come into
the agency from their camps To see
their children and visit over Sunday
with them. Those who. have talked
with her say she is mighty bright, es-
peeially since the Eagle saved her from
becoming the bride OF Yellow Shirt
Before that she cried every day and
told all her troubles 10 Mr.. Montgomery
and If he had not been so confounded
reticent he could tell a good story. for
he has been what might be termed
Rosa's father confessor. She regards
plural marriage as the acme OF evil ana
especially so when her proposed hus-
band is also the husband OF her sister.
An effort was also made 10 see Mr-
Yellow Shirt, he that is such handy
pony and wife trader. but his camp
was quite a distance and he did not
seem 10 be ou Fishing for school girls
on Sunday. Ii he does not want 10 have
himself made into cullender he viii
give up Rosa peacefully for there are
young Indians about the agency VINO
would sooner see him dead than the
husband of Rosa Whiteface.
QUANAH HAS ONLY SEVEN.
There are a good many men in the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes who
have a plurality OF wives, but the
Brigham Young OF the entire territory
Is Quanah Parker. the head chief or
the kiowas and Comanches. Ouanah
for long time got along with SIX rios.
but he went out on a little expedition
some time ago and he came back with
a bran new wife. She was as pretty as
the traditional peach and he establish
ed her at once as the queen or his
harem. In a short time an Indian
came hunting for her and ii was then
asserted that Quanah had stolen the
wife OF the new arrival The Indian
demanded the return of his wife, but
the wife didn't want 10 return. He
was a common Indian while Quanah
was a head chief and she naturally
preferred the latter. This made the
husband furious and ne was tearing
up things when Quanah put in an APP
pearance. Maybe so | would Kill
Chief Parker, "and maybe 50 l would
not kill you but give you thousand
dollars II you quit monkeying- This
was a tip for the Indian who had lost
the wife and he took the thousand dol
lars.
The seventh Mrs. Parker is one of
the finest Indian women in America
and Chief Parker Is proud OF her. She
Is 10 years old. Wherever Parker goes
she accompanies him and he never al
lows her to go out of his sight. She
comes frequently with him TO FL Reno
and she is elaborately dressed She
wears a blue velvet waist with what
is known as bat wing cape and moca-
sins that are very rich. The costume
which she wore the last time she was
here cost, IL IS said, over 1880. the
beads and other ornaments being very
costly.
Chief Parker himself IS one OF the
remarkable characters in the terri
tory. His mother was a white woman
who was stolen from Texas while that
state was still part OF Mexico. She
was a little girl then, but when she
grew to womanhood old Chief Quanah
the result Of the marriage he is now
63 years old and has a fine mansion
down near Fort Sill where his seven
wives live in luxury. He Ia more In
fiuential with his people than proba-
bly, any other Indian chief I'm the Unit
ed States and is one Of the bravest
men in the country. He Increases his
power year by year for he "a a great
politician among his people. With
them he wears the prevailing Indian
costume. but when he goes 10 Wash
ington he puts on a plug hat and kid
gloves. Then again he is liberal heart
ed and no poor Kiowa or Comanche
ever appeals TO his pocketbook in vain.
He has imnumerable children. but has
none by the last and favorite wife.
The fact OF the matter is plural mar
riages are very common IN the territory
and the case Of Rosa Whiteface Is not
strange except TO people who have
never been here. II Rosa Whiteface
had not been educated and Of a very
delicate disposition she would probably
have become lars. Yellow Shirt with
out a murmur and no one would have
ever heard OF II.