The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
INDIAN BELLE
WINS MILLIONAIRE
BY HER BRAVERY,
How Cortez c. Sams's Life Was
Saved by Tillie
OZlant.
THRILLING INDIAN ROMANCE.
Rich Young Cattleman Was in
Peril of Death Under Hoofs
of Stampeded Herd.
PRINCESS TO THE RESCUE.
Swings the Ranchman to Her Sad
: die and Bears Him to Safe
ty From Cattle. Prairie
I Fire and Wolves.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Muscogee June 20-Though society is
shocked and many pretty girls in Oklahoma
and Texas will throw up their hands in
horror and derision, lovers of romance will
find abundant justification for the course
that the handsome young millionaire, Cortez
{. Sans, is about to pursue in marrying
Title Ozlant. q famous Cherokee belle.
Though Mr.. sams's strange conduct in
this matter of life importance is to be
accounted for upon the grounds that the
Indian girl recently saved his life, those
who are familiar with all the facts eagerly
insist that the wealthy young man is vio-
lently in love with the dark-eyed beauty
IT the forest. whom he has asked to share
his fortune and become the mistress of his
palatial mansion on the shores of the Rio
Grande.
Tillie Ozlant is the only daughter of a
rich, naughty old chief. who claims de
scent from long line of royal warriors.
and his proudest boast is that General
Sam Houston was the adopted son of his
father. The young girl is fairly well edu-
Gated, and she is considered the greatest
heiress and altogether the most beautiful
indian Princess that, ever raced a wild
warmed the blood Of the heart of brave
with song and dance or the killing glance
OF liquid eyes. Many ardent lovers have
pursued this Indian maiden In vain.
WORE ROYAL ROBES.
She has always been envied by her less
fortunate Cherokee sisters on account Of
her costly and brilliant plumage. One
royal robe that she often wears has oc-
cupied in its making the services Of a
dozen generations of her ancestors, For
this single article of her apparel she has
refused an offer of sl.4eo in gold. The old
beautiful pearls and the elks' teeth that
have been dipped in molten gold We're col
lected by his fathers hundreds of years
ago. at a time when his people dwelt I'M
moiested in the lonely wales of Georgia.
where the flowers bloomed forever and the
rivers flowed over golden sands"
Mr.. Sans had often seen and greatly ad-
mired the Pearl of the Cherokees.' as she
is often called. before ne met her In the
midst of dangers that ended in binding their
hearts together He lives on the Rio Grande
in s,outhern Texas, where he owns cattle
upon thousand hills. and one of the finest
ranches in the South. For several years he
herds of steers to the Indian Territory.
where they We're pastured upon leased
lands during the summer months and fat
tened for the fall market: In consequence
of this arrangement he frequently visited
the various reservations and in the course
of time he formed acquaintances of many
noted Indians and their families. Business
of some character brought him in contact
with Chief Bfgtrigger OZlant. and after
meeting the old mans famous daughter the
young Texan often found an excuse for
stopping at the proud Cherokee's house
One evening during last September Mr..
Sans rode out on the plains alone for the
purpose of looking over a large herd of
steers that We're grazing on tract of land
not far from small farm which had been
cultivated by one of Chief Ozlant's sons.
with whom the Texan was upon terms of
warm friendship. He did not know that
the young girl was visiting her brother at
that time. but it had occurred to him that
he would ride within sight of the chief
cabin. as he journeyed towards the range,
and somehow the thought made his heart