New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20
INDIAN ROMANCES.
AN ARMY CHAPLAIN'S DAUGHTERS
ELOPES WITH A PIEGAN INDIAN
OTHER INSTANCES or MARRIAGES OF Will L
WOMEN TO-+SDIANs-PoMAN "Ff ~" VI
MISS TUCKER AND JOHN LUMAN.
From Tie St Paul Pioneer Press.

%dowed d"s sG5ates Army at For, Bcknap Mont
with Garrett White iull-blood fi.s1i as an
0tn, rS in ' Press dspatches from Great Fa
Mont. recalls similar cases w4lcn , ,eH or ffeen
IN inc Northwest during the last zen 81 ~ ,Sa
wears As in several other cases IN VII" VIM. 40 t"
daughters Of prominent and "Gai,ny viii WON
rle have run away 20 marry Indlai's M rn,,r vas
b. h,d become snamoured. Mrs CuSnn..'rs go W.
a teacher in an Indian scnoo'-'ha' d. ''''
several other attempted elopements .r an' onieiy
bills in the East ul-blood or miX,eerrniCod
Indians have been prevented 6y wv en- al least
onposion OF relatives or friends ana ~ ,s,,in
one Instance death alone prevented the eo"sppi ,e
nation Of tho marriage rte De' TSther hears a
teacher in Indian school whonr Tho writer
National reputation. and an indianh, .ams under
distinctly remembers the case ""r III Tor,g lady
hi, observation few years ago ne - ~ =, no
WIS a teacher in one OF the Indian schpoIs U IN
Sioux reservation near this cy rr 3nT and would
fatuated with young SIOUX w"'Iro U,;csis az her
have married him against me pio.eSi nternoscd
20 ,,,,, TIA M alliance The Indian was strch',
with consumption. and failed rapldiy ,,rsed him
rb ih greatest devotion and when he died s h
for a time refused TO be consoled. on, o' mat il is
sad that She has been offered the heart anu manu-
of desirable white suitors , - ,b,,e woman
marrying Indian was ne mdrrf Se po@ess and
years OF Miss Elaine O'o1aSr, nv then resi-
don't Of pine Ridge Agency. where MISS r,not,nan
was teacher IN an in rbininss among the sioux
lie is graduate of Dartmouth C9,estb. no a cuIti
thosr who know him is arknowledeed 10 pe creIt
,n any society," Dr. and Mrs. Eastman lei. ,oe
and went East hey now live in St Paul I@e
married life Is said to BE- IDEAL IN eF Wv his breth-
rem to look after their interests beiorS ,S he has
departments at the National ,t up IRVING out by
the government Of its treaty obllganons rii,le,;
mum ,,acazines on Indian life and his VIE
is also a frequent contributor 10 inc '"''"'
ONE case of A white woman marrying an lnd dnI
turned out very badly-that Oh 81" 100 70 Chaska
or sam Campbel he has since ,6 See Extended
known was the theme at the tlme loi rn n,,bli
s aH in The United states Several years ago she
and her Children WEIR eaST ZEN in love With
squaw and accordingly did not heiiiats n Wbnn
las heard Of Mrs. Campbell was residing III Nc
bra us'''' " 49, .'.,...- ., ,owor Brue
Agency the Rev Luke Walker. an educaleu Sui Sui,
&c married 20 a white woman. ana they Nv ~ I'll
together Nh Walker and his ~te are y 9o, know
them. They doing good Wor I gI,1 Is al
;rg1ted great part Of the credit for the RAPID an
vancement these Indians are making toward ''''"-
one Of the most romantic frontier incidents was
lne c9ar',,i,' monument White residents Of Mo
Srara win John Human. Sioux Indian bei9ng iGn5
sben arc was sixteen years OF age. her parents
gave ball in her hcnor IL was me Among those
from the adjacent reservation who were Pres sem
Peter Lason ana T reod a"' IA" was case OF
lave Al frst sight between Luman and Miss Alice
and the love which bad ITS nirtn Al ,nd' on mn a
Satmrdev night aboI, three months after the birth
tow OF, Of watson where ne had opened branch
store Again his daughter and 1.uman were pres,
emit The girl returned home the next sunday. afo
nothing unusual seemed TO surround the pes's 30 81
the family circle. 1t was however observed tn i
a strange buggy was in the aleyway nack oi Inc
Tucker domcile but that not being u"nsua' 10
suspicion was aroused -, ,,o. :,
Monday morning dawncd. but as the exertion Of
the Saturday night dane was su ,i, ,,n,inn
was paid 10 the tardiness Of the young lady IN ap-
discovered and upon investigation II was FOUND
that her trunk gone. as was also me strange
buggy which had hovered so vent ~" no
I.ason's and a young man there was scared INTO
S man 'I mad gone 10 0'Neili Ncb to get married
A telegram was sent to the authorities at O'Neill
the eopers II they appeared there Inc iaIh'r
then started by team. hoping 10 oVertake them
Upon reaching O'Neill he found no signs of his
daughter and her abductor After returning home
adjoining portion Of South Dakota, and shortly re-
ccyed intelligence that me elopers had pren i
VIM hut declared that he would have the
onnuir crested and his daughter sent to the r.
form school. After the clopcment Mrs Tucker dis
covered that for some time her daughter had been
IN secret communication with the Indian. the let
tors being addressed TO Ann Dewey Alice's room
mate. who acknowledged her interest In the eope-
ment
Alliances between white men and Indian women
have been much more numerous than those be-
of the Sioux is the wife Of white man. Red
Cloud the last OF long line OF famous Indian
sioux Reservation The Sioux queens husband is
Charles p Jordan. who bears the honor Of being
the only white man VINO Was eyer elected w, mem.
a. Jordan's wife WAS known among the Indians.
grew up high spirited proud and c9pricous, She
was au IDEAL squaw. but as no chief came 10 WOO
her She scornod Sioux husband. Young Jordan.