Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-26

squad that started out the next morning
with the Des Moines society belle at its
head. In the afternoon a severe storm
came I'D, and the home-hunters were
forced to halt.
Early the next morning the journey was
resumed. The first stream to which they
came was out of it's banks, while the
bridge had been washed away. The only
thing left was to ford 1t.
In this attempt the provision wagon
| caught in an eddy, got away from the
driver: the mules were drowned and the
supplies lost. Then the intrepid girl guide
| took command.
| She asked a man to accompany her, and
| together they rode to an Indian tepee close
| by where they obtained some cornmeal
| and "kinkinnick." The Cruel made
strengthened the half-famished women and
children In the party, and the company
pushed on.
That night they struck an Indian settle
| ment, where they stopped for rest and to
make a hearty meal on the game which
the Indians had killed. The second morn
ing they resumed their journey and COM
plsted IL without fu. Their adventure. For
this service Miss watrous later received a
| watch.
The novelty OF this vocation appealed to
|
ular guide.
Miss Watrous, too has had many oppor.
tunities to marry but has declined them
| all. The real romance of the situation
would demand that she look with favor
upon the suit OF the young man whom
she met at the Phillips postofice-and.
rumor has IT, this is precisely the state of
the case just now.
One Of the social leaders on the plains,
| as she was in Iowa, is Mrs. l.. Drakeley
Rood wife of a prominent physician. She
is living temporarily in l0xl2 shanty on
her claim. while her husband Is construct
ing a handsome $4,000 residence on Grand
avenue. the fashionable residence street OF
Des Moines.
] Mrs Rood sprung a decided innovation
on her neighbors when she sped out to her
claim in automobile. She passed
through the Indian settlements, where she
created Juror among the red men. who
| had never seen an auto car before. She
is said to have reached the farthest point
In that country yet visited by automobile
In company with the physicians wife
when she went out 10 'hold down" her
claim was her sister-in-law. Miss Rood OF
Boston, who had been fortunate enough
also to draw a homestead.
DazEIed the Cattle Herders
These two women, during their residenct
on the reservation, have given a number
OF social functions that have dazzled the
cattle herders and prairie tillers OF the
surrounding country.
Miss Julia Cutler was one of the best
known school teachers in Iowa. She wai
especially popular among the 400 Of Dies
Moines. for Il was their children with
whom she largely came in contact What
was more natural than that she should
start a school Of her own in the Bonestee
countryf
Therefore she had a sod addition erected
to her shsnty and invited children from
the neishboring ranches to come to school
Many OF them drove miles to do so. and
now the school 10 nourishing. 1t has
dozen pupils. four OF whom are Indiar
children. sons OF Bear Paw. whose tepe'
is across a small creek from the teachers
cabin.
Then there is Miss Mary Devaney. Whose
father is superintendent OF a large factory
and IL wen to do Miss Devaney was grad
uated from the State university tive year