The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-04

PIerre and see the woman for himself.
Accompanying Mr.. Stewart and Miss
Stewart and Miss Crouch to Pierre were
two Of the Old mans sons. prosperous far
mers living near West Hope, who an
nounced their intention of taking Mrs
Red Weasel and her three children from
the reservation and giving them a good
home in Ohio.
The party reached Pierre several days
ago and a meeting was at once arranged
between the Stewards and the Red Weasel
family. The pictures in the locket and the
pictures owned by Mr.. Stewart were again
carefully compared and it was the opinion
of all present that they We're of the same
persons. Mr. Stewart also claimed to see
in Mrs. Red Weasel a resemblance to his
lost cousin, and when Red Weasel handed
him big, old-fashioned penny, with the
letter "R" roughly cut upon it. which he
| said had been found on Mrs. Red Weasel
when the Indians took her the identifica-
ton was complete and the Stewards hailed
her as the long-lost daughter of their
cousin.
Mrs Red Weasel maintained a stolid in
difference throughout the interview. Not
| being able to understand or speak a word
Of English, everything had to be inter
preted to her, but aside from a grunt or
two she maintained an unbroken silence.
The children. on the other hand, showed
the utmost delight at finding they had
relatives among the white people and
throwing aside their Indian reserve they
danced and shouted much the same as
| three delighted white children would have
done.
Ola Red Weasel, who was at one time
! a powerful chief among the Sioux Indians,
watched the proceedings with many a
| grunt and nod of satisfaction. He is re-
markedly proud of his children and de-
/ sires them to get on well in life. lie is
| financially able to aid them, and when
| their future is mapped out for them by
| the Stewards he will do his share in Civ
| ing them a good start All efforts to get
him to agree TO beave the reservation were
| in vain; neither would Mrs. Red Weasel
| consent to go. She said she had nothing
| in common with the white people-the In
! dams had been good to her, and with them
/ she would remain to the end of her days
| Tears and entreatieS We're alike useless
| all sentiment seemed to have left the wo-
man, who, although dressed in Indian
| garb, possessed blood as blue as that
| which flowed in the veins of any white
| person in the room.
| 1t was finally decided that the three
| children should remain at the Pierre
| school for a year longer and then go to
| the Stewart home in Ohio.
| The Oldest child is Black Wolf, tall,
| broad shouldered boy, who shows but lit
| tie of the Indian blood in him. He has
| demonstrated considerable ability as an
| dflfSL anu Is an apt pupil linen comes
! Singing Bird, a typical Indian maiden of
| romance, with her mothers blue eyes and
| a form over which painters might rave.
| Straight as an &rrow and graceful as
| fawn, she gives promise of becoming a
! beautiful woman. The youngest child,
/ Running Dog, is a boy, who shows no
! traces of being born of a white woman.
| His jet black hair, thick and coarse, is
! cropped close TO his head, which makes
! his high cheek bones stand out more
prominently than ever. and his every
! move denotes the Indian
In the early SOS, it was learned, Mrs.
| Red Weasel, then but a child. was cross
ing the Dakota plains with her father and
mother, who had Joined a small party
| which had started from Ohio While on
| the journey the little band was attacked
! by the Indians, and when the engagement
ended all the white people, with the ex-
ception of the little girl lay dead.
In the Indian band was Red Weasel,
! then a boy, the son of one of the war
! chiefs, whose attention was called to the
| child with the pretty golden hair. He
| succeeded in saving the life of the child
! and took her home to the women of his
! lodge. Here the little one grew up, know
ing no mother but the squaw who had her
in charge and never seeing a white face.
! Not word of English did she hear, and
| as a natural result when she began to
| talk she spoke i'm the Indian tongue.
She was a handsome girl, and aroused
consideration envy among the Sioux girls
who several times made attempts upon
| her life. The family of Red Weasel treat
ed her well, however and so she remained
with the Indians. About eighteen years
ago she was married by Red Weasel and
! has since lived with him, raising his chill
| dren and doing all the work, while her
| lord and master has watched her from a
distance and nodded approvingly at her
| efforts.
! The locket and big penny found on her
| at the time of the massacre were care
! fully preserved by Red Weasel. and for
the last ten years the woman has worn
the locket every day. She had no desire
| TO leave the Indians They had always
treated her well. and while at times the
work she had to do seemed hard she did
! lot care to desert IL for an unknown fu-
ture. The few white people she had seen
of late years had laughed at her, she adj
ded, while the Indians had made much of
her.
OF her early life she knew nothing. ex-
cept what she had been told by Red Wea-
sci. Many efforts have been made 70 in
duce the woman to dress in the garments
! OF civilization. She tried them. but once
only. They hampered her movem ents,
she said, and when she met her white
friends he was dressed IN regulation In
dian costume.