The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-11

his answer shows that while there Is
much stun and nonsense along the line
Of marriages to Indian girls in the news
papers yet and marriage IS a possibility
and In some cases has occurred He said:
The difficulty IN giving correct impress
sions Of Indian conditions is that contact
with Indian life extracts the romantic
coloring. The adventurous spirit that
waited down on an Indian reservation
and attempted 70 storm an Indian gin S
heart IN trOubadour style. would come
up with large horse-lauEh clinglng 70
his career. For the most part marriages
between white men and Indian women
were coBsumsted in the early DAYS when
frontiersmen. scouts and traders were
far removed from their own race and
became practically members OF the IN
dian tribe with which they affiliated.
The large contingent OF nixed-bIoods
In every tribe today Is the result Of these
unions. Brt white men stil marry IN
dian women In most instances white
men marry mixed bloods. natural selec-
ton bringing that union rather than a
union with q fun blood. 7 could net POS
itiyely say however. that any single
white man. with prepense has ever gone
into the Usage tribe for tha purpose q
marrying an Usage woman in osder TO
improve his pecuiuary condition. have
heard OF an instance OF two a. this kind.
II a man Of the Csucssin strain did such
a thing be went about nnethodically. q
course. He went Into the reservation
He WORE good clothes Hs sp@nt money.
DE identhed himself with the social life
~ the uasion. Racial prejudice would
naturally incline him 70 the mixed bioods
among which are some very beautiful
women. He would shy clear. naturally.
Of fln-hlood alliances, because no mat
ter how merccnary the adventurer migh;
BE-, his gain from an alliance with 3
mixed blood would equal that with TIE
fun-hiood. the per capita annuity being
the sane He would attend tanccs.
mingle. make himself as attractive ~
swain would anywhere ans seeking a.
svsllable. coageniaI temperament among
tire dauehtera ~ the tribe woaId prefer
his SUIT. the process. manner ~ cosrf-
ship ard tte dread possibility 81 an eler-
tricvlrg yes or a paraiyzinE m. being tff
same as II Woaid here ia Wichita - "a
asveut1rer came down fr1r CAieaTo -
msrrr for money.
a usarrlaEe Reald Dot 30 rrosper7-s. I
The sq1sunlan's ict. hszieallr. La nat q
happy ere. Ihe flf-bloed dees1 Ike I
him becaezs he ls nor ir1au. sa8 rec
safred- alor,l zh9 do@r1t Ezs ire f1H-
blood beca1ee 30 Ga I1sl4o. e1ricfseiY
doesn't IKE the Nhfts f1er because fasv (
are nor gnfla- - ere cccI davs nasca !
succeed raatlroua 1arfF ulooa. aach an
inDefiad ~ craving azr-
.etT 20 slaFe tss a1llifT ~ tre tribe.
ulrht - 1rreghs ~ stzadsaz ~ hls
Efe tsihaE htn- an waite ua-uea s7-1e-
-ues tsl. that - irzrrss9 her flr eer
money. thar be 1eTer Ga leFs h4r that
he vas rlerusrzrT srsts. ard lhaf aae .
r1'si1 forthwith have fsa aEerf PSI t-fs .
~ tfe reservatiga. Tae sss-la1ti3r ~
.fe gaV - any rso1sra raea.ser errans .
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re s.tzaricz. @r1l rrt - yea tassH-
ise vr-,6 have ass ha11s f44- Sis rlzF-
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