The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-01
NORTH DAKOTA
EARLY ROMANCE
OF SOLDIER LIFE
GALLANT CAPTAIN MARRIED
DAUGHTER OF INDIAN CHIEF.
Long Search for Harbach May Soon Be
Rewarded, as His Child, Now Wife
of Sioux, Has Found, After Long
Search, that He Is a Resident of New
York State.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Fargo, N. D., June IA romance of early
Investigations of Ignatius Court, Indian inter-
prefer According to Courts story, there was
gallant captain named A. A. Harbach in 1859
at the army post, where Fort Totten is now
located. He wooed and won the beautiful
daughter of of the leading Indian chiefs,
and for a time their life was ideally happy,
but the Indian bride died in childbirth and
left baby girl, which was cared for by it's
grandmother. When Harbach was transferred
to another post he made every effort to secure
the babe, finally reaching an agreement with
the grandmother to pay 800 for it. This agree
| ment was later repudiated by the aged woman,
who had become attached to the child, and Har-
bach left the babe when he was sent to another
| fort. The child grew into a pretty girl and
was educated at the Indian school. Her early
efforts to locate her father were not successful,
and when she married Court fifteen years ago.
/ one of the pledges he made was toeassist her
| in finding her father. e SIR i1a . ;
Efforts to secure the address of the soldier
I father thru the war department were unsuc-
cessful, and private investigations met with
| little encouragement. Mr.. and Mrs. Court con-
| cluded her father must be dead, but in 1898
Court went to Washington on official. business
and made personal investigation, which showed
| the man he sought was with the regular army
| in Cuba. Lack Of means prevented his going
| to the island, and letters addressed to the Off
Ger failed to secure response. re
| Recently Court was informed that the father
of his wife is residing at Rochester. N. Y,
as retired brigadier general. and letters
have just been sent him there. If no responses
are received, Mr.. and Mrs Court will make
an eastern trip to find him.
i 1t is said the marriage of Captain Harbach
and the daughter Of the Indian chief was In
due FORM and the wife Of Court has no reason
to blush over her birth.
4 Court is a fullblooded Sioux. and a leader
among his fellows at Fort Totten He has
held several official positions, is well educated
and good business
), "Jag Wagon Business in Balance
The "jag wagon industry in Fargo is threat
Z | ened The two drivers recently arrested on
, charge Of violating the North Dakota prohibi
ton law had preliminary hearing and were
held to the district court The cases were
; identical. Orders were telephoned to Moor
, head saloons for beer Delivery was made t
this side and the money collected. Then new
Later the whisky delivered and collections
made. .-sts-E- .t.f - 80
The court decided that the delivery of tele
phone orders was not a violation OF the law
but soliciting and taking orders on this side
filling, them and making the collections--aH II
North Dakota-were held to be violations, ant
the men will be tried in the district court.
s found to have violated the law, 1t will proven
! the Moorhead saloonkeepers from collecting Of
: this side and necessitate two trips in sendina
the money over and then having the orde
). filed, as the saloonmen will not to sem
:. many orders to irresponsible persons on thi
). side 1t is contended that under the law whisk
v and beer bills cannot be collected on this side
!; no matter how the order was given.