The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-01-30
County IN
dian Weddin 6.

c. B. Tinsley, of Kemper coun-
! ty, was in the city yesterday and
gave The Press an interesting
account OF d ChoctaW wedding
which he Witnessed Wednesday
night near his home.
The contracting parties were
both full-blood Choctaws. The
bride was a daughter of Jim
Vaughan and young and come
lily maiden. The groom, who
now has three living wives, is a
dashlng buck several years older
than his blushing bride, and
known by the name of Pink Bull.
The wedding ceremony"
said Mr.. Tinsley, began at 3
o'clo,k, when a mighty feast was
spread in the yard adjoining the
house ofthe bride. The guests
and the attendants of the bride
and groom sat and ate until dark,
when they finally arose from the
table to greet the groom. Meth
er the BRIDE nor the groom had
appeared at the banquet.
THE groom S attendants then
proceeded into a field about
quarter of a mile from the house,
where they met the groom, who
had Just come from his home.
The attendants and the groom
remained in the field for about
half an hour yelling and laughing
at Jokes perpetrated at the ex-
pense of Pink. Then they came
on to the house. Here two of his
attendants took hold of him, one
on each arm, and sat him down
inone of the two chairs that had
been placed on the lawn for Pink
and his bride.
1.-Two of the bride 'sattendants
then conducted her from the
house and placed her in the chair
next to that occupied by her
prospective husband; and the
happy par sat looking down at
the ground and apparently OBJ
liYiouS of all.
Chose who had brought
presents for the bridal couple
then approached and placed them
on the head of the bride, and as
they did so the brides two at
tendants, standing on either side
of her, took them off in rotation
and heaped up the gifts IN two
separate piles. After this cere-
uony had been gone through |
with in most stolld and solemn
and lugubrious fashion the at
tendants retired and took their
places at some distance from the
seats of honor.
The father of the bride and
the other old men of the tribe
now approached The groom and
without a word or look to the
bride congratulated the groom in
manner that suggested condo
lence rather than teHcltatlon; nor |
did he give demonstration of Ella
ton. ,IhiS was the completion |
OF the ceremony.
Pink Bull and his new wife |
went into a room in the house
and examined the presents.
They took note of the donors and |
gazed at their new treasures in
the same patient, unfeeling, in
different way and locked them up
in an old trunk, where they will
be kept until Mr.. and Mrs. Pink
Bull begin housekeeping. After
the presents had been securely |
stored the groom left his spouse
without a word and went home.
He will remain there for three
days before he returns to Mrs.
Bull.
"And that, F." said Mr.. Tinsley
in conclusion, "that is a Choctaw
wedding. There are no vows, no
license, no legal or ecclesiastical
ceremony, and when Pink tires
of the most recent Mrs. Bull he
will quit her, as he has already |
left the two wives that he has
led to the altar. And said Mr..
Tinsley, "if Mrs. Bull takes
notion into head she will leave old |
Pink without word and get her
another man. IN eridian Daily
Press.