The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-18

that were led BY couple Of the male rela.
four in number. rode on horses, two upon
s each side Of the buggy WITHOUT delay
tho Bride left the buggy SH and III. four
bridesmaids placed her on blanket, which
wa. around ,Ss her and the then
Side. where the Young man awaited. Now.
for the first time, the bride saw her future
husband: In Q few moments the two ap-
psarJsd before the tent by the
At this point the wedding came near being
declared On. because the groom, instead OF
wearing BLANKET war bonnet and paint. as
a neat fitting suit Of broadcoth, white shirt.
standing collar tie. patent leather shoes
made to thls BY the falbiooas 01 Who thoushs
he should have observed all the customs. A
committee OF the head men Of the tribe went
t % asp h Th eeHRst eef
and he finally told them plainly that he wa:
there TO be, married. and he was going to
sss "a: e4Sans ' a ra's like
they could go to place hotter. than the
0ssss EsserSSa .sa Council Of The com
men Won 81, poes and she
ceremony proceeded. Here the groom in
troduced another feature not on the pro-
gramme. and not In accordance with the
made to it BY. the Indians. After the arell-
ment about the groom s dress was settled.
a priest stepped out Of the crowd. of white
Church. The Indian ceremony was then
resumed and tho races were called
longing to the groom, rode about 200 J? yards
from the crowd and fred gun. This was
the signal for the start of the race for the
rs 9aoe ad Be- e
had only one male relative, his brother,
the n Mb ss bs b5 By him him ba Then the
to the tepee Of her lord. was drawn out about
200 yards. from the crowd and another gun
was fired Nearly every sQuaw present
was In this race. as 1t Is sort OF freefo AL.
and any OF the women are at liberty to run
II they desire. The first one to the buggy
"G nthcr race, were pulled on and the fifteen
ponies given by the groom for tho bride
were given away. some to the relatives of the
bride and some to the white people In attend
ance. The best part OF the ceremony, to the
been prepared during the other part OF the
ceremony. and al sat down to eat. picnic
shs ana sat at hs
by their relatives and those who had taken
part In the marriage while All OF the other
Indians sat around and stuffed themselves
up by tho groom.
According to custom. when two young
people 90 through this ceremony and then eat
together at the feast II signifies the end Of
the wedding and they are considered welded.
The groom. having had all Of the say in the
matter, Is usually ready and willing to eat.
but the bride. having had nothing TO do
with II, something's refuses, which signifies
that she is unwilling to wed Her refusal
makes little difference, Ordinarily, because
she must eat some time and she is simply
starved into willingne TO accept her hus-
band.
Bonniecastle will build a home for his wife
at Pawhuska, and they will live among the
whites at the agency, A, little later they
expect to take an extended wedding trip
The Usage indians are the richest tribe or
nation OF people in the world and this woman
Is probably the richest female on the reser.
walton. She has about SS0,0nO worth Of
property. besides her share in the tribes
general money and her annuity from tho
Government, Bonniecnstle is worth about
so, 900 in his own name. having inherited
half Of his parents property. The brides
father Is dead and she received his entire
share Of the general money and his land.
Every one. both Indians and whites, regard
this match as a good one, and believe that
both parties to 1t will be happy. A feature Of
the ceremony was the refusal Of the con-
tracing parties to be photographed, and not
camera was allowed around the Indian
camD.