The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-03-20
INDIAN GIRLS.
Their Rich LoveIiness is the Result OF IN
terrnarriage of the Indian and Caucasian.
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whites. It was 80 on down lhe line
until to-day the eighth, sixteenth and
thirty-secoud part Indian predomi-
nates. AOf pure bloods there will be
none in few years.
Still this open door marriage policy,
while it admitted no bad characters,
was fraught, with many evils. Many
well-appearing men, with gift Of love
making, could go there aud win q bride
and handsome fortune at the same
time, provided his record was reasona-
bly, good. The women there were not
so highly educated as they are now
But they possessed desire to marry
white men, hence it was easy sailing
for fortune hunters. This class Of
men fenced in large tracts Of the pub
lie domain, or land belonging to the
red skins in common, used the land
for cattle ranches, aud converted the
minerals into ,ash. Many men be-
came millionsires at the expense Of
tue tribes. They were known as GAL
vanized Indians or squsw meu.
Five years. ago the evil was partly
remedied by the action Of the tribal
councils in disfranchisipg all squaw
men who thereafter married into the
tribes. This checked the influx Of
money seekers for time, and then it
became as bad as ever. Early this
year the Chickasaw raised the mar
riage Licenses to 81 600 each. They
DOW expect true love marriages to
occur.
The average Indian girl OF day
possesses an excellent education. All
the shrewduess Of the Indian, com
bined with the thirst for knowledge
belonging TO the whites, has filed
these girls with desire to advance.
The Federal government spends the
nearly $400, 900 annually in educating
tho youth of the Eve tribes. The
Cherokees and Creeks have the best
schools, while the Chickasaws spend
the most money with least results.
1t is difficult at this time to make a
correct estimate of the wealth Of these
girls, but the opinion Of government
officials on the subject is that $5 900 is
an underestimate for the tribal right
alone, while many Of tire girls have
property besides. The Indian girl has
generally selected her vocation before
she is 20. She marries early and set
ties down easily to the duties Of do
meatic life. Or if she is going on the
stage, and many Of them do, she has
completed arrangements for it while
still in her teens. Others enter spa-
cial fields where they believe that
their talent will win them fame. All
are ambitious. None is sluggish.
The wedding Of an Indian girl is The
browning glory Of herlife. She makes
much Of it and her friends for hun
dreds g miles around are certain to
attend. The ceremony is made as
striking as possible.
The. Iudian maiden vino fas the
reputation OF being the belle Of the
Territory is Miss Tookah Turner,
whose Indian name ia Pretty Whirl-
ing Water. She has not only beauty,
but also accomplishments. In another
sense she is tho greatest catch in the
Indian matrimonial market, for she
will come in for q large slice Of the
fortune of her father, W. G. Turner,
of Muskogee, millionaire cattle man.
Miss Turner is CheSokee.
Another Cherokee belle is Mrs.
Rachel Davis Brady OF the Georgia
Cherokee branch. She came to the
territory only teR years ago, but che
belongs theyo by ancestry, as she is OF
the famous Ross family, the head Of
which, Joshua Ross, was for forty
years chief Of the tribe. The Ross
family is said to be the richest Indian
family IN the country, and the aggre-
gate of its wealth mounts up into the
millions. Another Of the Ross family
who is notable for beauty is Mrs. DIR.
Thompson.
OF the Greek beauties, the young
granddaughter Of Pleasant Porter, the
present chief, 10 au excellent example.
She is also heir.s, 20 considerable
wealth besides what her tribal right
and land ihheritnnoe will give her.
Miss Lsotsl Crabkree, Chitto Mekko in
the Indian nomenclature Of her tribe,
is another pretty Indian girl. Though
she is tribally as Chickasaw, che has
Creek blood in her veins, being q
granddaughter Of Isparbecher, called
tho grand old man Of the Creeks, who