The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-01
QUEEN vIcToRIA's COUSIN.
Half Breed Woman on Fort Hall,
Ida, Reservation.
Pocatello Tribune.)

CPocatello Tribune.)
Some ten days ago there died on the
Fort Hall reservation a half breed In
dian woman who is said to have been
a granddaughter of William ", king
of England from 1880 to 1897, and uncle
of the present king, Edward VII. We
are not able to vouch for the truth
of the story, nor even for its proba bill
ity, but give it for what it is worth.
In our Ross Fork correspondence Sat
urday evening occurred the following
item:
''Tena Pokribo, an Indian woman,
well known to many in your city. died
of pneumonia. last week. She was
progressive woman, a shining example
to her people and will be greatly
missed
On Sunday we received the follow
ing letter from man who came to
this country as a Hudson Bay COM
pany trapper and hunter more than
fifty years ago and who has lived
here ever since, a large part of the
time among the Indians. He ought to
know the facts. In his letter ne says:
''Blackfoot, Ida, Feb. %.
Editor Tribune, Pocatello, Ida:
Dear Sir-Tena Jordan, whose death
occurred last week at her home on
Cedar Bluff. overlooking the Fort Hall
bottoms, was in many ways, and par
ucularly in the matter of her rela-
tiVes, very remarka BILE woman. Her
father was William Jordan, an officer
of the Hudson Bay company, and his
father was the Duke of Clarence, a
brother of the Duke of Kent, the ia
Their of the late Queen Victoria Of
Great Britain and Ireland. Queen Vic
toria and William Jordan were, there
fore mot counting the bar sinister
first cousins. William Jordan died in
Idaho in 1858 and was buried on Jordan
creek, near where it empties into the
Owyhee river. Tena was at that time
about years old. Her life was a long
and useful one and none of her royal
relatives ever did more good in the
world than poor Tena tried to do The
Hudson Bay company. as all know
was always a kind of dumping ground
for England's royal Nightmares Very
truly yours,
"A PIONEER"
The news item and the letter refer
to the same person. We believe that
the name of Tena's last husband was
POkribo. She was married twice and
probably three times. Her first hus-
band, we are told, was a Scotchman-a
Hudson Bay company man, but her
last husband was an Indian. Tena
never had any children, or at least
none that survive her.
The Duke Of Clarence referred to in
the letter above was William, third
son of George III, the English mon
arch best known to Americans. On
the death of George ", eldest son of
George ILL., without legitimate issue
/ William became king of England
Frederick Augustus. the second son OF
! George III, having died before his
] elder brother, and also Without legiti-
mate issue, in 1887, and Victoria, the
| daughter of the Duke of Kent the
| fourth son of George III, succeeded tC
| the throne.
AS to William Jordan, we know moth
/ ing, and we have no authorities al
| hand to show whether there ever wa:
such a man in the employ of the
Hudson Bay company in this country
1t is not improbable. however tina
there was. The only Jordan we know
of in this section in the early day.
was NJ. NJ. Jordan, the discoverer o.
| the placer diggings on Jordan creek
He was killed by the Indians in 1856
| or 1864 and We have always supposed
that Jordan creek was named afte
| him. He certainly was not in Idahi
earlier than 1851, and very probabl,
not until go.
Tena's mother was Cayuse Mary,
| fulI-blood BanrOck squaw, who diet
on the Fort Hall reservation two o
three years ago. Her early life wa.
spent in eastern Oregon and western
IDAHO and she was several times mar
ried, and always to white men Ten:
was her only child. Mary's last hus
| band was George Randall known gen