The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-04-24
THE WOMAN BANDIT.
Adventurous Career Of Texas Girl.

In this costume it was said that she
was.;rrcsistiblc. She wore robe liz
orally covered with varioasly colored
beads and sparkling gems, the making
Of which had occupied the attention of
two generations Of the most skilled ar
lists of her tribe. Long chains of
beads Of gold. intermingled with
strands Of clks teeth that had been
dipped in molten gold, were wound
aboat her neck and allowed to hang
in hoops below her waia. l9f this ne
riod Of lhcr career she aftcrward said
that she had more than a hund ed Of
fers G.marragc.
while was young girl could
easily nave married any one OF dozen
rich men, she said. ''and at least
three men proposed to me who have
since become famous"
She fell in love with private SOL
dicr. who was bugler and musician.
AS tine passed it became evident that
the beautiful semi civilized child Of
the forest fairly worshiped the hand
anma young soldier She would have
passed through fire to have gratiEed
his slightest wish The busiar CON-
rades believed that he was sincere in
his protestations of affection for the
Indian girl.
A few days before the soldier lover
wes to receive an honorable discharge
from the army pretty young woman
arrived at Fort Sill, who made no at
tempt to conceal the fact that she was
to become the bride Of the bugler at
au early day. Eager rivals were not
lacking to carry this news quickly to
Zalla. She lost little time in consum
mating horrible revenge. The un
su~pccting and unfaithful lover was
lurcd to former trystiug place in
grove Of trees not far from the Indian
girl $ house. There the half frcnzicd
girl met him With s.ilctto in her bOs-
ON, aud after rcbuking him and abus-
ing him With the stinging tongue of an
educated savage, she threw her left
arm about his neck and drove keen
little blade into his heart. Kissing
the blood and foam from his dying
lips as she gently let the limp form
sink upon the grass, she muttcred:
Now the white face woman can have
you"
She knew we'll enough that she
would be accused of the murder, und
she lost no time in making her escape
from the territory. Dressed in a sui,
of her brothers. clothes and mounted
on her famous black horse, she at
once set out in the direction of old
Mexico.
A small body of soldiers struck her
trail on the next day and they came
in sight of her just at sunset when she
was in the act Of plunging her horse
into Red river. Several whiskey ped
dlers were eonamped in the grove near
the crossing, and when they saw the
soldiers they supposed that they were
about to be attacked and sprang to
their arms and poured a shower of
rifle balls into the ranks of the advanc-
ing Dragons.
Zalla quickly oomprehended the
situation, and, drawing her revolver,
she eagerly joined her newly discover
ed allies. The soldiers we're surprised
and repulsed. Zalla, while firing with
rapidity and precision. sang nn Indisn
war song. Galloping from one strate-
gic point to another, she laughed aud
sang aud shouted as if she was ,ntoxi-
Gated with the JOY OF battle. The
pcddlers thought that she was in
sane.
She told them that "the blood Of
forty generations Of warriors was boil
ing in her veins"
Fearing pursuit In Texas, she rode
across the State and crossed the Rio
Grande at Del Rio. Stopping at the
pretty little town Of Sabipas, she went
straight to Catholic padre aud, it is
presumed, threw herself upon the
mercy Of the priest of the religion of
her father. Before the day had pass
ed she found a home with Mama
Grande Martinez, an estimable old
woman, and she resumed her proper
apparel.
1t was not long before abe began to
ride about town on her black hursc,
md the fame of her great beauty soon
occupied She attention of the young
men of the vicinity to the exclusion
all other subjects. In less than a