The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-17
Elaine Goodale's Happy Married Life.

To THE Enron or THE SrN-Sir. The
| lcttor or telegram purportinC to he from n
| Chadron. N"b., correspondent contains just
| enough truth to make the story hold together
| after fashion and give II a plausible air.
| Concerning Dr Eastman and his relatives,
| the truth may best be ascertained from the
| pages Of his book. Indian Boyhood. which
| has just been published and j. attracting
much favorable attention. The ms,tatc-
ments concerning his wife may not be 80
| ca ~ilv corrected bv the general reader
| Elaine Goodale di wed an Indian DR. East
man. and the marriage is happy one--so
much j. true II may also be admitted that
| "a brilliant career In letters" was generally
predicted for her both here and In England
| a her Apple Blossom" verses written while
| she was still child and published In 1878 By
| the Putnam.. reached sale within two years
| OF some ten thousand copiesa sale perhaps
unequallcd either here or abroad by any
| first volume of poem. by an unknown author.
| IL j. also true that dating from her ac-
quaintance as young girl with the late Gen
| Armstrong she believed that she was called
To teach the Indians the way to industrial
| salvation To that end she became for three
! years a teacher at Hampton where she edited
| the Indian Workman. Later. In order to
| Gain fuller knowledge of Indian life, char
| aCter and conditions, she accompanied the
| venerable Senator Dawes to the Far West
| Thor" IN" taught in Indian schools until by
! Gen Moran she was appointed supervisor
OF the Indian schools in the Dakotas some
rixty or more At that time Their" were no
! railroads or regular stage lines in that re ciOn
| Mis- Goodale was therefore supplied h the
! commissioner with saddle pony, covered
| an Indian driver and III, wife to do the cooking
| Con-idcrabl" criticism was provoked at the
tim" by, the choice of Young, unmarried
! woman for the supervisory work in that wild
| country, but tn" COMMISSIONS rea soned that
! Nil, Goodale had already proved her mettle
and that being thoroughly trained in all di-
! cot nv and -npahinE the Dakota language
| like native she would produce more strik-
INK Impression upon the Indians than a man
! would Nor was his confidence unJustihed
Her communicat ions from the fed while hold
! ing this ONCE were Ntrik!ngly bu-iness-like
attracted much attention at the Indian Bureau
| In Washington. "
] G adron CORRESPONDENT asserts. that Elaine
I Coodale. all al once dropped out Of siglt"
! That - ted turned TO the life OF tie In
| dim and was living strange life IN the tenees
| OF the Sioux. Dir ssed Ike them and eating the
same food. nor that II was in one Of these
| frst meeting witt Or Eastman really occurred
| in tie little Episcopal clurch at Pine Eidg"
Asency 81 ic! sc W3I hclrins to decorate
| years aco-whcn g osc holiday preparations
we're interrupted by the battle Of Wounded
| Knee and TIE church was turned into a hos
r,al Thither with scores of wounded In
| diins. cdme Dr Eastman, and there together
| to two young people cared tsndcriy for thcir
| patients. and ere long still more tenderly
| for each otter.
TIER marri re, few months after, ny
! Or Winchester Donald, NJ tie Church OF the
Ascension was Il notable event, and II there
| were warm protests from her relatives they
| certainly never came to TIE surface. either on
| I At oCC. sion " On Ter two sisters appeared
| as bridesmaids only less love ~ than tie bride
or,at any subsequent r.iiod ~
| We are also Informed by t'tl remarkable
| G. adron Correspondent TINT the Eastmans
| live H. beautiful lone near 81 Paul, Mimi
| and Or Eastman has long been Government
| - vslci1n. A Chadron woman who recently
visited en- sud.
II found Mrs Eastman sitting in coeey
naror In front Of an opon hreTl,ce SIC Is
| Of face and form. In her arms she hold
| baby. her own. hut TIE g iii rad not Inherited
| was veritahe old sQuaw minilture II was
| a queer sight, il beautiful woman loIdinc
IT," om"iy rapIoosH, vi, IT'S go,1t rlrf ry's
TIE icrres, hut Tie mo,Ier cro9ned TO i as
love was not dimm'd"
The doctor was for " ito In private prac.
! ticc at s. Paul, hu, four yars 90 re and is
Indian Sc DOL AZ Carlisle, and for t'c past two
years they hay" lived NJ crow Crook. D,
Toy have been blessed with family Of five
e ldren, The oldest, Dora. is now IN hrr
Gr OF III Who wit see 2 ne1
declare. To only son, 10 whom the book,
"Indinn Boy, God. Is dcdi', ted - yenrs %,
as lis father as done once befor" is Indian
nnmo Of 20. iyCsa." " iGh sirnifTs Tie
has hcen on q red TO deliver an address before
the Tv"ntieth Century huh Of Brooklyn on
Jan, 10 on some subject connected with
r ere j. one G ild Younger than the hoy,
q baby rirl lust learring TO stand on her own
to paralici in attractiycness and one which
might we'll cause any mot or, even Wit cur
:" aid Of nHahle succ' SIS In N"r ",P p liz,
"hrillilnt care ! In letters, tang OF very