The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-08
AN INDIAN ELoPEMENT.
Chief Red Fox and Pretty Ball Woma
 Surprise Their Folks.

Chief Red Fox and Pretty Ball Woman Surprise Their Folks Cupid's darts never sped truer to the mark than did the shaft sent by Chief Red Fox, of Lame Deer Indian agency. Montana. when he drew bead on Ball Woman, the pretty Pottawatomie squaw with whom he eloped from Indi- an territory early this week. He met her at the Cheyenne frontier day fes- tivities
 They were both at the Union depot in Denver last night, chief and squaw, happy as eloping lovers can be. They had section in a Pullman over the Burlington out of Denver, for Chief Red Fox is a sly old Reynard, and has valuable ponies on wide stretch of hills in Montana. He was paying his way with lavish prodigality, and the section the two occupied was provided with nuts, candy and fancy pieces of gayly colored tcloth which he had bought en route for his pretty squaw wife.
 Many passengers were amazed to see an Indian travelling first class. When Indians travel they have to bear ere dentials. Uncle Sam does not allow them to roam at will from the reserva- ton. Chief Red Fox was equipped wit a passport from Agent Clifford of the Lame Deer agency in Montana, which said he left that place a month ago tc pay friendly visit" to the Pottawat- omie reservation in Indian territory. Ball Woman had a passport, too Hers was signed by Agent John H. Sc. ger of the Pottawatomie reservation i- Indian territory, and was only good fol sixty days. This passport was secured upon the representation that she was merely going to the Lame Deer agency on visit. But as soon as she was safe ly on the way she was joined by Chiei Red Fox, and the two were married ir Wichita, Ks.
 Chief Red Fox was unsuccessful in his open and above board wooing of Bal Woman, for the reason that she is ar heiress and her title to an immense stretch of land in Illinois is still in the courts. The chief of her tribe used what influence he had to break off the match, and as result of his interfer. ence Chief Red Fox and Ball Woman planned an elopement which was car ried out fully as well as the romances of their pale face brothers and sisters who skip by the light of the moon.
 Joe Bush, one of the best known Tn. dians in the middle west, was the fath, CT of Ball Woman, and through hin descended to her whatever title to land: in Illinois her grandfather, Shawbenee died possessed of.
 The Indians had two modern sui cases in which they packed their be- longings.
 Their dress was a combination of thl picturesque costumes of the nomads O the plains and of that of the civilized Indians. Chief Red Fox wore "citizen'. clothes and had broad son1brero tt distinguish him from other passengers His hair was cut short and his feet were encased in shoes. His bride wore moo. casins, small and ornamented witt heads. She wore Navajo blanket and there was little to distinguish her from the border savage. Yet inside the blan, ket her dress was that of the civilized woman. She wore the blanket ant ] moccasins merely as traveling cos. tune. She was educated in the Indiar school on the reservation.
 Whether the government will takt steps to stop the runaway couple is no known. Their passports are regular H and the railroad men who knew they were eloping were apparently anxious to see them get to their destination il safety.-Denver Republican.