Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-01
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Josephine Dog Soldier alleges in
her petition for divorce that her hus.
band, Dog Soldier, bought coffin
when she was i'll and made prepar.
ations to bury her. His prepara-
tons to bury her made her so angry
that she made brave fight to get
we'll and did get we'll.
Her recovery, she recites in her
petition, SO enraged him that he
made vicious attack upon her, that
he threatened to murder her and by
cruel and inhuman treatment finally
drove her from his tepee.
Dog Soldier wished to get rid of
her, she alleges, because he was en-
amored of another squaw. After he
had driven her from his home he
pressed his suit and sought to per-
suade this other squaw to live with
him, but when she learned how he
had treated his wife she sent him
away.
James Bull Tail sets up in his Pc
tition for divorce that his wife, Bear
Bull Tail, hit him over the head with
a war club and then literally kicked
him out Of the tepee. Her treat
ment of him made him so sore, men,
tally as well as physically, that he
swore out a warrant for her arrest
and had her lodged in Jail at the
agency.
When she had served her time in
Jail she returned to her home and
proceeded to give him another lick
ing, much more severe than the first
one, beating him up 80 badly that
he had to be carried to a hospital
and sewed up by surgeons. As a
result of the second licking he a.
gain swore out warrant for her ar
rest and once more had her sent to
Jail. When she got out of Jail the
second time she eloped with Gus
Stranger Horse, a young brave.
Holy Track, very comely young
squaw, charges in her petition that
her husband Never Stampede, eloped
with Anna Buffalo Pipe and that he
has never since returned to his home
or contributed to the support of his
wife. With his sweetheart he went
from Rosebud to Wyoming, she SAYS,
and is still living there. She names
as her witnesses Mule Driver, Three
Toes and One Tail.
After waiting patiently five years
for the return of her husband, who
deserted her in the heat of a quarrel
Kate Belt has filed suit for legal
separation. She sets up in her pc
tition that slnce he went away he
has never provided for her in any
way and she asks that she be award,
ed one-third of all his property,
which comprises 1000 acres of good
farming and grazing land and large
herds of ponies, cattle and sheep.
High Hawk, Walks Over and Grin
ming Cow are named as the witness
ess she will call to the stand, to
prove the charges.
Helen Turning Bear charges in
her petition that her husband, Fred
Left Hand, was untrue to the vows
he took at the marriage altar and
deserted her. w
Hollow Left Hand sues for di-
vorce from Left Hand on the ground
Of desertion. She recites in her pc
tition that they were married and
lived happily together for number
of years when he grew tired of her,
treated her unkindly and finally de-
serted her.
Picket Pin charges in the petition
wherein he asks for legal separa-
ton from Mary Picket Pin that she
was faithless to him and left him
without sufficient cause.
His Horse Standing, one of the
best known and most intelligent In
dians on the reservation, sues for
divorce from White Whirl Wind on
the ground of infdelity and deser-
ton.
Sweet Horse alleges in his petit
ton that Clara Sweet Horse desert
ed him because she had ceased to
love him.
Hall Fast Horse sues for divorce
from Mary Hall Fast Horse on the
ground that she was untrue to him
and left him. p9G
Most of the parties to these di-
vorce suits are we'll known Indians
on the Rosebud reservation and the
suits in which they are involved
will be prosecuted and defended
precisely as are similar suits in
which white men and women figure.
In all the twenty cases lawyers OF
standing have been retained by the
plaintiffs and in many of them the
defendants will be represented by
counsel.
In some of the cases the defen-
dants will permit DEGREES Of divorce
to be granted by default,