The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-09


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Co.. Cincinnati, o.
"squaw man" living near Watonga
who admits that he had fourteen
slGews daring his fortyseven years
resment among the Arapahos. says
that he paid for his last bride twenty
ur ponies, five i00-pound sacks OF
coffee five sacks OF sugar, twelve
blankets and two skinning knives
Bride Had Little Option.
As general proposition the bride
to-he had cry little TO say about the
matter, although under an old Chcy
enne custom, which is sdl quite FIRE.
quently observed. The ung woman
WAS really allowed TO take The initia.
tive. In that tribe as in most of the
others. brave must have distinguish.
cd himself by some feat of bravery or
have accumulated considerable prop.
erty before he can aspire to tle hand
Of ung woman Of more than or.
dinary charms
The courtship usually begins at q
dance attended by the young people Of
The village. at which the girls sit in
long row on one side Of the tepeo
and The yoang men on the other All
wear their finest tnggery a peculiar
! feature their dress Is that each
wears a blanket concealng every ling
but the eyes. The iove.sick sNum
gazes continually from the corner of
his eye al his ssible sRnetheart. She
pflnAnlg hkf tfgfptr a., D
the fire, ana seals her choice by cuff.
ing him on the ear. This she does
several times, tie last stroke almost
kn clSing the young man from his seat
TO tho great melriment of the onl1ok
ers. They then dance together along
with the other couples who have gone
through the same performance. until
late at night.
Few she Maid Ji9s.
A few days later the y-ung man goes
and stands near the tepee of the girls
father. The mother calls her atten
tion to his presence. and she must
then advance from the tepee. If she
runs away it Is equivalent to iilune
her suitor but Il she stands coquet
tishly looking in the opposite direction
from ihe ne where t5e young man is
standing he advances and throws q
blanket over both taeir heads. and all
rivals might as well drop out
The next step is OF cOruse for him to
see the father and arrange the number
Of ponies or other articles & be paid
for his bride. When the gifts are
finally accepted, tie suitor curls him
self up like q dog at the door CT the
,s1I e., rt ], -
and faithful he will be. The father
then invites him int the tepee and
names the day for the wedding
new tepee, IN which no ore has
ever slept. Is now prepared by t1e
girls mother Upon its completion the
girl is placed inside Friends of the
young brave then seek him out and
place him in the tepee The door is
then closed and the marriage cere.
m ney IS then ended.
Among the Osages all negotiations
are conducted by the parents. IF q
young brave sees maiden of the
tribe that strikes his fancy, he tells
his father and the latter conducts the
negotiations in regard TO the price TO
he paid with the father OF the girl
SHE may never have seen the pros
nective gr0Cm m. aud often does not SEQ
him until he makes her a formal visit
ten days before the wedding. accom-.
panied by his father After that visit
he disappears from all of his old
laaunts. and remains practically In hid.
! ing until the wedding day.
IN Brilliant Costume.
On that day the bride is garbed in
tho most brilliant and variegated cos
tune that can be procured Dozens OF
yards OF bright ribbons and seyhral
robes Of gaudy but costly silk are IN
| Guided in the costume. which may be
topped off width a uniform coat, carry
/ Ing the epaulets az general of he
army or a head dress which lncludes
/ several ~ the red and white plumes
Waich circus horses wear when n
parade. She s then taken To the
groom's home and divides her wedding
/ fGogy amcng her friends and rela
tives. The young girls racing to meet
] her TO see Who shall have the first
! choice. Stripped of her finery a"d
! garOcd i'm more sCmber garments shr
+ Is then seated in the 81 om's now te"t
p, prepared by lis kinsmen, There she
sits alone sometimes for hours, until
| finally as the dusk Is falling and lhC
moon beginning 10 ris,, the groom
| glides ia and takes his place beside
her and The ceremony is concluded
with the serving Of the wedding feast
The Apaches havR an unusual cera
money IN the coming -ut dance
which Is made a part of the green corr
dance. Al { Is dance all Of tho youn.
maieens Of the tribe who have reach
ed the age OF rs make their formal de
but, and these who have many snit1rl
usually indicate their .doice f the
favored one az that time,
| Quanah Parker, the comanche chief
has adopted the white mans custom
almost entirely and both OF his daugh
ters have been given big weddings Il
the white mans style. Stacy Mauock
chief OF the Pawnees, even went e2s
for his bride marrying Blanche H''
q Pawnee maiden al Carlisle, Pa
where the bride Was siill a studeri
aud where Matloek had graduated i
7 a.,