The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-07

girl from Pretty Hairs home. The Chief
was awaiting their coming.
Go way from here," he commanded.
levclling a Winchester at the officers of
the law.
A parley followed. They awaited their
chance and caught Pretty Hair off his
guard. Both had him at their mercy and
at the point of their two guns. Suddenly
the girl ran out from the tepee.
Il want to go with YOU" she shrieked,
when she saw deliverance so close at
hand.
The Chief was vanquished. He threw up
his hands and agreed to give up the white
squaw. The deputies took her to Ponca
City and put her in the hands of a white
family. Then came the puzzling questions
What was to be done with the girl?
Who were her kin? Who would take her
in? These are the questions that now
confront Uncle Sam.
1.-The United States is this girls guar
dian said Mr. Speed to the Sunday
Worlds Magazine correspondent. What
we want is to have the widest publicity
given to the case. Perhaps we can find
out if her parents are still living, or.
if they are dead perhaps we can trace out
her kin. I want. at any rate, to put her
in some good home. among cultivated
white people. Mary is pretty intelligent,
quick to learn and altogether charming.
Her life among the Indians has given her
an added charm of nature which is most
engaging.
In some eastern state are there not
two vacant chairs which belonged to the
parents of Mary Truegiver? Though, that
of course, IS not her name. very action
of the girl shows she comes Of some fam
lily of the better class. believe in news
paper publicity. l have fond hopes that
the Sunday World may locate the girls
kin. Stranger things have happened in
this world II we succeed it would be
one of the pleasures of my life"
The girl had narrow escape. There
was no time TO be lost in saving her from
the old Chief. l had the authority to
despatch the deputies to her rescue. Mary
has had several offers, including most
attractive one from st. Louis. But
must be thoroughly satisfied that all is
right before 1 let her 90. AS long as 1
live I shall not give up hope that some
day the real kin OF the girl will come
forward"
Can any one answer Uncle Sam?
Is there one who knows of people an
swering this description who disappeared
close to seventeen years ago. with their
last known address on the Usage reser-
walton. Oklahoma Territory. [. s. A?
on how the Indian chieftain goes a-woo-
ing. the following remarkable statement
was dictated for the Sunday World Maya
zine. through an Interpreter by Chief
Red Shirt. OF the Sioux. who IS now in
New York II was Chief Red Shirt who
was selected BY the United States govern
ment TO be sent To Europe as the finest
representative of the North American In
dian in the world He wears medals which
were presented 10 him by cen Grant and
Queen Victoria. in strength. dignity, pic
turesqueness and native eloquence he real
ICES the ;deal Red Man 50 seldom found
outside the pages Of fiction His words
are translates as literally as possible
Why cannot Indian braves love es the
pale faces do Are not our young men
II the plains Just as good as the thin
rarrow-chested young men of the great
cIties7 Can they not love sgUaS SIS
uuch as these striplings from the Offices.
these puny men. who look down OK
Young buck even II ne has on his Ear-
paint2
our young braves often look TOW with
favor upon the daughters % white Eea
ard wish IN their hearts 20 make them
their wives
II was rot 50 whea I was young Insn
The indians rcnahaSk vas Tass>d many
tirsles against the PALE face. bot they ars
a. peace .ox. / knew one. tTo. foar
seven ter % ny braves vho have mace
white zruavs their wives snd have taken
them 70 theiT tepees-
, Long Fix took a pnIs-tace EtEi foT his
squav lie net her II New YORK They
are vsry happy no= .snd Trey I've cut
On the gres; plains q n beloved vest
where there il rom ccr TIE IzeiA7 and
The white E2n together